Drugs and crime : trends among watch-house detainees ; a study using Drug Use Monitoring in Australia (DUMA) data / Crime and Misconduct Commission, Queensland
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- 4366365
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- Queensland. Crime and Misconduct Commission
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- Brisbane : Crime and Misconduct Commission, c2008
- vii, 143 p ; 30 cm.
- ISBN:
- 1876986433
- Series:
- Research reports (Queensland. Crime and Misconduct Commission) ; Mar 2008
- Summary:
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This report provides an accurate depiction of illegal drug use among Queensland watch-house detainees between 1999 and 2005, and comparative information [2004-5] about detainees in watch-houses in other states [NSW, WA and SA].
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- Machine derived contents note: 1 Introduction 1
- Is there a link between illicit drug use and crime? 1
- What is DUMA? 2
- What is the scope of this report? 2
- Is there concordance between the urinalysis and self-report results? 3
- What are the limitations of the data? 4
- 2 Socio-demographic profile of a sample of watch-house detainees
- (1999-2000 to 2004-05) 6
- Gender 6
- Age 6
- Indigenous status 9
- Marital status 10
- Dependent children 11
- Educational attainments 12
- Income 14
- Employment 16
- Accommodation 17
- Criminal histories and offence profiles 19
- Frequency of prior arrests 20
- Frequency of prior arrests by various socio-demographic factors 21
- Drug-related offences 23
- Drug-seeking at time of offence 24
- Gambling behaviour 25
- Chapter summary 26
- 3 Urinalysis results 27
- Consent to urinalysis 27
- Prevalence of positive tests for any drug 27
- Socio-demographic profile of detainees testing positive to any drug 28
- Gender 28
- Age 29
- Marital status 30
- Dependent children 31
- Accommodation 31
- Education 32
- Work status 33
- Prevalence of individual drug types and some socio-demographic
- comparisons 34
- Cannabis 35
- Opiates 36
- Methadone 38
- Cocaine 39
- Amphetamines 40
- Benzodiazepines 41
- Single and multiple drug use 43
- Single drug use 43
- Multiple drug use 45
- Criminal histories 47
- Arresis 47
- Offence profile 53
- Drug-related crime in Queensland 60
- Receiving an income from illegal activities 63
- Chapter summary 64
- 4 Self-reported drug use 66
- Prevalence of drug use 66
- Age at first use 69
- Recent drug use 73
- Drug use in the 12 months preceding interview 73
- Drug use in the 30 days preceding interview 76
- Injecting drug use 83
- Injecting drug use in the 12 months preceding interview 83
- Injecting drug use in the 30 days preceding interview 87
- Frequency of injecting drug use 88
- Use of prescription medications 90
- Motivations for using, and dependence on, illicit substances 92
- Chapter summary 95
- 5 Self-reported drug use: methods used to obtain illicit substances 97
- Purchasing drugs with cash 97
- Methods of contacting dealers 99
- Places where drugs were bought with cash 103
- Purchasing or obtaining drugs without cash 109
- Gender comparisons 111
- Perceived risks of buying and selling illict drugs 112
- Chapter summary 116
- 6 Detainees' participation in drug treatment programs 117
- Participation in drug or alcohol treatment programs 117
- Treatment participation by urinalysis results 118
- Treatment participation by various demographic factors 120
- Reasons for seeking treatment 126
- Failed attempts to enter treatment programs 127
- Chapter summary 128
- 7 Conclusions and implications 130
- Prevalence of drug use by Queensland detainees 130
- Changes in drug use by Queensland watch-house detainees
- over time 131
- Socio-demographic factors associated with illicit drug use 131
- Drug use and criminal activity 131
- Drug markets 132
- State comparisons 132
- Implications 132.
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- "March 2008".
- Bibliography; p. 139-143.
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- Trends among watch-house detainees
- Study using Drug Use Monitoring in Australia (DUMA) data
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