1,081
Views
8
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Original Articles

The Irish Traveller Community: Social Capital and Drug Use

Pages 186-205 | Published online: 23 Aug 2010

REFERENCES

  • Adaman , F. , & Çarkoğlu , A. ( 2003 ). Social capital and corruption during times of crisis: A look at Turkish firms during the economic crisis of 2001 . In Z. Öniş & B. Rubin (Eds.), The Turkish economy in crisis (pp. 120 – 145 ). London , United Kingdom : Frank Cass .
  • Alcohol and Drug Research Unit . ( 2009 ). Treated problem alcohol use in Ireland: Figures for 2007 from the National Drug Treatment Reporting System . Dublin , Ireland : Health Research Board . Retrieved November 3, 2009, from www.hrb.ie/publications/alcohol-drugs
  • Bailey , L. ( 2005 ). Control and desire: The issue of identity in popular discourses of addiction . Addiction Research & Theory , 13 , 535 – 543 .
  • Baum , F. , & Ziersch , A. ( 2003 ). Social capital . Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health , 57 , 320 – 323 .
  • Berkman , L. F. , & Glass , T. ( 2000 ). Social integration, social networks, social support, and health . In L. F. Berkman & I. Kawachi (Eds.), Social epidemiology (pp. 137 – 173 ). Oxford , United Kingdom : Oxford University Press .
  • Belgrave , E. Z. , Ridley Brome , D. , & Hampton , C. (2000). The contribution of Africentric values and racial identity to the prediction of drug knowledge, attitudes, and use among African American youth. Journal of Black Psychology , 26, 386–401.
  • Binchy , A. ( 1994 ). Travellers' language: A sociolinguistic perspective . In M. McCann , S. O. Siochain , & J. Ruane (Eds), Irish travellers culture and ethnicity (pp. 134 – 154 ). Belfast , Ireland : Institute of Irish Studies .
  • Bolin , K. , Lindgren , B. , Lindstro , M. , & Nystedt , P. ( 2003 ). Investments in social capital: Implications of social interactions for the production of health . Social Science & Medicine , 56 , 2379 – 2390 .
  • Bourdieu , P. ( 1986 ). The forms of capital . In S. Baron , J. Field , & T. Schuller (Eds.), Social capital: Critical perspectives (pp. 1 – 38 ). Oxford , Oxford University Press .
  • Bourgois , P. ( 2003 ). In search of respect: Selling crack in El Barrio () , 2nd ed. . Cambridge , United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press .
  • Boardman , J. D. , Finch , B. K. , Ellison , C. G. , Williams , D. R. , & Jackson , J. S. ( 2001 ). Neighborhood disadvantage, stress, and drug use among adults . Journal of Health & Social Behavior , 42 , 151 – 165 .
  • Brook , J. S. , & Pahl , K. ( 2005 ). The protective role of ethnic and racial identity and aspects of an Africentric orientation against drug use among African American young adults . Journal of Genetic Psychology , 166 , 329 – 346 .
  • Brook , J. S. , Whiteman , M. , Balka , E. B. , Thet Win , P. , & Gursen , M. D. ( 1998 ). Drug use among Puerto Ricans: ethnic identity as a protective factor . Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences , 20 , 241 – 255 .
  • Carpiano , R. ( 2006 ). Toward a neighborhood resource-based theory of social capital for health: Can Bourdieu and sociology help? Social Science & Medicine , 62 , 165 – 175 .
  • Cemlyn , S. ( 2000 ). Assimilation, control, mediation or advocacy? Social work dilemmas in providing anti-oppressive services for Traveller children and families . Child and Family Social Work , 5 , 327 – 341 .
  • Cemlyn , S. ( 2008 ). Human rights and gypsies and travellers: An exploration of the application of a social work with a minority community in Britain . British Journal of Social Work , 38 , 153 – 173 .
  • Central Statistics Office . ( 2006 ). Irish Traveller Community (vol. 8) . Dublin : Governmental Publication .
  • Cheung , Y. W. , & Cheung , N. W. T. ( 2003 ). Social capital and risk level of posttreatment drug use: Implications for harm reduction among male treated addicts in Hong Kong . Addiction Research and Theory , 11 , 145 – 162 .
  • Clark , C. ( 1997 ). ‘Educational space' in the European Union: Social exclusion or assimilation of Traveller children? Social Work in Europe , 4 , 27 – 33 .
  • Clark , C. , & Greenfields , M. ( 2006 ). Here to stay: The gypsies and Travellers of Britain . Hatfield , England : University of Hertfordshire Press .
  • Clarke , B. ( 1998 ). The Irish Travelling community: Outcasts of the Celtic Tiger? Dilemmas for social work . Social Work in Europe , 5 , 28 – 34 .
  • Cohen , S. , & Wills , T. A. ( 1985 ). Stress, social support, and the buffering hypothesis . Psychological Bulletin , 98 , 310 – 357 .
  • Commission for Racial Equality . ( 2004 ). Gypsies and Travellers: A strategy for the CRE 2004–2007 . London , United Kingdom : Author .
  • Crocker , J. , Luhtanen , R. , Blaine , B. , & Broadnax , S. (1994). Collective self-esteem and psychological well-being among White, Black, and Asian college students. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin , 20, 503–513.
  • Department of Health and Children . ( 2002 ). Traveller health national strategy (2002–2005) . Dublin , Ireland : Government Stationary Office .
  • Derrington , C. , & Kendall , S. ( 2004 ). Traveller students in secondary schools: Culture, identity and achievement . London , United Kingdom : Trentham Books .
  • Fitzgerald , J. ( 2009 ). Mapping the experience of drug dealing risk environments: An ethnographic case study . International Journal of Drug Policy , 20 , 261 – 269 .
  • Fountain , J. ( 2006 ). An overview of the nature and extent of illicit drug use amongst the Traveller community: an exploratory study . Commissioned by the National Advisory Committee on Drugs, 2006 . Dublin : Governmental Publication .
  • France , A. ( 2000 ). Towards a sociological understanding of youth and their risk taking . Journal of Youth Studies , 3 , 317 – 331 .
  • Galea , S. , Hall , C. , & Kaplan , G. A. ( 2009 ). Social epidemiology and complex system dynamic modelling as applied to health behaviour and drug use research . International Journal of Drug Policy , 20 , 209 – 216 .
  • Garrett , P. M. ( 2004a ). Social work and Irish people in Britain . Bristol , United Kingdom : Policy Press .
  • Garrett , P. M. ( 2004b ). The electronic eye: Emerging surveillant practices in social work with children and families . European Journal of Social Work , 7 , 57 – 71 .
  • Griffin , C. C. M. ( 2002a ). The religion and social organisation of Irish travellers on a London caravan site (Part I) . Nomadic Peoples , 6 , 45 – 71 .
  • Griffin , C. C. M. ( 2002b ). The religion and social organisation of Irish Travellers (Part II): Cleanliness and dirt, bodies and borders . Nomadic Peoples , 6 , 110 – 130 .
  • Hawe , P. , & Shill , A. ( 2000 ). Social capital and health promotion: A review . Social Science & Medicine , 51 , 871 – 885 .
  • Healy , K. , Haynes , M. , & Hampshire , A. ( 2007 ). Gender, social capital and location: understanding the interactions . International Journal of Social Welfare , 16 , 110 – 118 .
  • Helleiner , J. ( 2000 ). Irish Travellers: Racism and the politics of culture . Toronto , Canada : University of Toronto Press .
  • Hughes , M. , & Demo , D. H. ( 1989 ). Self-perceptions of Black Americans: Self-esteem and personal efficacy . American Journal of Sociology , 95 , 132 – 159 .
  • Hurley , L. ( 1999 ). Pavee Point Youthstart 1998–9. Drugs and the Traveller community project . Dublin , Ireland : Pavee Point Travellers Centre .
  • Hyman , M. ( 1989 ). Sites for Travellers . London , United Kingdom : London Race and Housing Research Unit .
  • Johnson , C. , & Willers , M. (Eds). ( 2004 ). Gypsy and Traveller law . London , United Kingdom : Legal Action Group .
  • Jordan , E. ( 2001a ). Exclusion of Travellers in state schools . Educational Research , 43 , 117 – 132 .
  • Jordan , E. ( 2001b ). From interdependence to dependence and independence: Home and school learning for Traveller children . Childhood , 8 , 57 – 74 .
  • Katz , R. S. ( 2002 ). Re-examining the integrative social capital theory of crime . Western Criminology Review , 4 , 30 – 54 .
  • Kenrick , D. , & Clark , C. ( 1999 ). Moving on: The Gypsies and Travellers of Britain . Hatfield , United Kingdom : University of Hertfordshire Press .
  • Kiddle , C. (1999). Traveller children: A voice for themselves . London , United Kingdom : Jessica Kingsley.
  • Kim , D. , Subramanian , S. V. , & Gortmaker , S. L. ( 2006 ). US state- and county-level social capital in relation to obesity and physical inactivity: a multilevel, multivariable analysis . Social Science and Medicine , 63 , 1045 – 59 .
  • Kulis , S. , Napoli , M. , & Marsiglia , F. F. ( 2002 ). Ethnic pride, biculturalism, and drug use norms of urban American Indian adolescents . Social Work Research , 26 , 101 – 112 .
  • Lash , S. ( 2000 ). Risk culture . In B. Adam , U. Beck & J. Van Loon (Eds.), The risk society and beyond (pp. 1 – 8 ). London , United Kingdom : Sage .
  • Latkin , C. A. , & Curry , A. D. ( 2003 ). Stressful neighborhoods and depression: A prospective study of the impact of neighborhood disorder . Journal of Health & Social Behavior , 44 , 34 – 44 .
  • Liegeois , J.-P. ( 1987 ). Gypsies and Travellers . Strasbourg : Council of Europe .
  • Liégeois , J.-P. , & Gheorghe , N. ( 1995 ). Roma/gypsies: A European minority . London , United Kingdom : Minority Rights Group .
  • Lindstrom , M. ( 2008 ). Social capital, anticipated ethnic discrimination and self-reported psychological health: A population-based study . Social Science & Medicine , 66 , 1 – 13 .
  • Lloyd , G. , & Stead , J. ( 2001 ). The boys and girls not calling me names and the teachers believe me. Name calling and the experiences of Travellers in school . Children and Society , 15 , 361 – 374 .
  • Lovell , A. ( 2002 ). Risking risk: The influence of types of capital and social networks on the injection practices of drug users . Social Science & Medicine , 55 , 803 – 821 .
  • Lundborg , P. ( 2002 ). Young people and alcohol: An econometric analysis . Addiction , 97 , 1573 – 1582 .
  • Lupton , D. , & Tulloch , J. ( 2002 ). Life would be pretty dull without risks: Voluntary risk-taking and its pleasures . Health, Risk and Society , 4 , 113 – 124 .
  • McCarthy , B. , Hagan , J. , & Martin , M. J. ( 2002 ). In and out of harm's way: Violent victimization and the social capital of fictive street families . Criminology , 40 , 831 – 865 .
  • McCarthy , D. ( 2005 ). Responding to the needs of young Traveller men at risk in the Tallaght and Clondalkin area . In J. Fountain (Ed.), An overview of the nature and extent of illicit drug use amongst the Traveller community: An exploratory study . Commissioned by the National Advisory Committee on Drugs, 2006 . Dublin : Governmental Publication .
  • McNeal , R. B. , Jr. ( 1999 ). Parental involvement as social capital: Differential effectiveness on science achievement, truancy, and dropping out . Social Forces , 78 , 117 – 144 .
  • Morran , D. ( 2002 ). Negotiating marginalized identities: Social workers and settled Travelling people in Scotland . International Social Work , 45 , 337 – 351 .
  • Morris , R. ( 1999 ). The invisibility of Gypsies and other Travellers . Journal of Social Welfare Law , 21 , 397 – 404 .
  • Morris , R. , & Clements , L. ( 2001 ). Disability, social care, health and Travelling people . Cardiff , United Kingdom : Traveller Law Research Unit .
  • Morris , R. , & Clements , L. ( 2002 ). At what cost? The economics of Gypsy and Traveller encampments . Bristol , United Kingdom : Policy Press .
  • National Advisory Committee on Drugs. (2008). Drug use in Ireland and Northern Ireland 2007/2008 Drug Prevalence Survey . Dublin , Ireland : Governmental Publication.
  • Ni Shuinear , S. ( 1994 ). Irish Travellers, ethnicity and the origins question . In M. McCann , O. Siochain & J. Ruane (Eds.), Irish Travellers culture and ethnicity (pp. 54 – 77 ). Belfast , Ireland : Institute of Irish Studies .
  • Niner , P. ( 2003 ). Accommodating nomadism? An examination of accommodation options for Gypsies and Travellers in England . Housing Studies , 19 , 141 – 159 .
  • O'Hanlon , C. , & Holmes , P. ( 2004 ). The education of and Traveller children: Towards inclusion and educational achievement . Stoke on Trent , United Kingdom : Trentham Books .
  • Okely , J. ( 1994 ). An anthropological perspective on Irish Travellers . In M. McCann , S. O. Siochain & J. Ruane (Eds.), Irish Travellers culture and ethnicity (pp. 1 – 19 ). Belfast , Ireland : Institute of Irish Studies .
  • Okely , J. ( 1997 ). Non-territorial culture as the rationale for the assimilation of Gypsy children . Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research , 4 , 63 – 80 .
  • Parker , H. ( 2003 ). Normalization as a barometer: Recreational drug use and the consumption of leisure by younger Britons . Addiction Research and Theory , 11 , 141 – 144 .
  • Parry , G. , Van Cleemput , P. , Peters , J. , Moore , J. , Walters , S. , et al. . ( 2004a ). The health status of Gypsies and Travellers in England: Report of Department of Health Inequalities in Health Research Initiative Project 121/7500 . Sheffield , United Kingdom : University of Sheffield .
  • Parry , G. , Van Cleemput , P. , Peters , J. , Moore , J. , Walters , S. , et al. . ( 2004b ). The Health Status of Gypsies and Travellers in England: Summary of Report to the Department of Health 2004 . Sheffield , United Kingdom : University of Sheffield .
  • Pavee Point . ( 2005 ). Moving forward: Exploring responses to drug issues in the Traveller community . Pavee Point. National Travellers Centre . Dublin .
  • Pavee Point . ( 2007 ). Challenging the misconceptions of violence against minority ethnic women, including Travellers, in Ireland: An information brochure for service providers . Pavee Point National Travellers Centre , Dublin .
  • Pilkington , H. , & Sharifullina , E. ( 2009 ). The mutual extraction industry: Drug use and the normative structure of social capital in the Russian far north . International Journal of Drug Policy , 20 , 251 – 260 .
  • Poortinga , W. ( 2006 ). Social capital: an individual or collective resource for health? Social Science & Medicine , 62 , 292 – 302 .
  • Power , C. ( 2004 ). Room to roam: England's Irish Travellers . London , United Kingdom : AGIY/Community Fund .
  • Putnam , R. ( 2001 ). Social capital: Measurement and consequences . Canadian Journal of Policy Research , 2 , 41 – 51 .
  • Putnam , R. ( 2004 ). Commentary: ‘‘Health by association'': some comments . International Journal of Epidemiology , 33 , 667 – 671 .
  • Rhodes , T. ( 2002 ). The risk environment: a framework for understanding and reducing drug related harm . International Journal of Drug Policy , 13 , 85 – 94 .
  • Rojas , Y. , & Carlson , P. (2006). The stratification of social capital and its consequences for self-rated health in Taganrog, Russia. Social Science & Medicine , 62, 2732–2741.
  • Salmi , V. , & Kivivuori , J. ( 2006 ). The association between social capital and juvenile crime: The role of individual and structural factors . European Journal of Criminology , 3 , 123 – 148 .
  • Ross , C. E. , Reynolds , J. R. , & Geis , K. J. ( 2000 ). The contingent meaning of neighborhood stability for residents' psychological well-being . American Sociological Review , 65 , 581 – 597 .
  • Saunders , P. , Clarke , J. , Kendall , S. , Lee , A. , Lee , S. , & Matthews , F. (Eds.). ( 2000 ). Gypsies and Travellers in their Own Words . Leeds : Leeds Traveller Education Service .
  • Scott , J. ( 2002 ). Social class and stratification in late modernity . Acta Sociologica , 45 , 23 – 35 .
  • Smith , D. ( 1997 ). Gypsy aesthetics, identity and creativity: The painted wagon . In T. Acton & G. Mundy (Eds.), Romani Culture and Identity (pp. 7 – 15 ). Hatfield : University of Hertfordshire Press .
  • Smith , T. ( 1997 ). Recognising difference: The Romani' child socialisation and education process . British Journal of Sociology of Education , 18 , 243 – 256 .
  • Stockdale , S. , Well , K. B. , Tanga , L. , Belinc , T. , Zhanga , L. , & Sherbourneb , C. ( 2007 ). The importance of social context: Neighborhood stressors, stress-buffering mechanisms, and alcohol, drug, and mental health disorders . Social Science & Medicine , 65 , 1867 – 1881 .
  • Stonewall . ( 2003 ). Profiles of prejudice: The nature of prejudice in England . London , United Kingdom : Stonewall/Citizenship 21 Project .
  • Subramanian , K. , & Kawachi , I. ( 2006 ). Bonding versus bridging social capital and their associations with self rated health: a multilevel analysis of 40 US communities . Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health , 60 , 116 – 122 .
  • Theall , K. , Scribner , R. , Cohen , D. , & Bluthenthal , R. ( 2009 ). Social capital and the neighbourhood alcohol environment . Health &Place , 15 , 323 – 332 .
  • Townsend , T. G. , & Belgrave , F. Z. ( 2000 ). The impact of personal identity and racial identity on drug attitudes and use among African American children . Journal of Black Psychology , 26 , 421 – 436 .
  • Tsutsumi , A. , Tsutsumi , K. , Kayaba , K. , & Igaraschi , M. ( 1998 ). Health-related behaviours, social support and community morale . International Journal of Behavioural Medicine , 5 , 166 – 182 .
  • Van Hout , M. C. ( 2009 ). Irish Travellers and drug use: An exploratory study . Ethnicity and Inequalities in Health and Social Care , 2 , 42 – 49 .
  • Van Hout , M. C. ( in press ). Travellers and substance use in Ireland: Recommendations for drug and alcohol policy . Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy.
  • Van Hout , M. , & Connor , S. ( 2008 ). The normalisation of substance abuse among young Travellers in Ireland: Implications for practice . Journal of Ethnicity of Substance Use , 7 , 5 – 23 .
  • Waller , M. , Okamoto , S. K. , Miles , B. W. , & Hurdle , D. E. ( 2003 ). Resiliency factors related to substance use/resistance: perceptions of native adolescents of the Southwest. Source . Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare , 30 , 79 – 95 .
  • Walsh , C. , & Krieg , B. (2007). Roma identity: contrasting constructions. Canadian Ethnic Studies Journal , 39, 169–187.
  • Warr , D. ( 2006 ). Gender, class, and the art and craft of social capital . The Sociological Quarterly , 47 , 497 – 520 .
  • Weitzman , E. R. , & Kawachi , I. ( 2000 ). Giving means receiving: The protective effect of social capital on binge drinking on college campuses . American Journal of Public Health , 90 , 1936 – 1939 .
  • Wright , D. R. , & Fitzpatrick , K. M. ( 2006 ). Social capital and adolescent violent behavior: Correlates of fighting and weapon use among secondary school students . Social Forces , 84 , 1435 – 1453 .
  • Youngblade , L , Curry , L. Novak , M., Vogel , B. , & Shenkman , E. ( 2006 ). The impact of community risks and resources on adolescent risky behavior and health care expenditures . Journal of Adolescent Health , 38 , 486 – 494 .
  • Youngblade , L. M. , Curry , L. A. , Novak , M. , Vogel , B. & Schenkamn , E. A. ( 2006 ). The impact of community risks and resources on adolescent risky behaviour and health care expenditures . Journal of Adolescent Health , 38 , 486 – 494 .
  • Ziersch , A. M. , Baum , F. E. , & MacDougall , C. ( 2005 ). Neighbourhood life and social capital: the implications for health . Social Science and Medicine , 60 , 71 – 86 .

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.