DRUG USE AND CRIME - REPORT OF THE PANEL ON DRUG USE AND CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR - FINAL REPORT

• NCJ Number: 40293
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 575 pages
• Contract Number(s): 271-75-1016
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Health, Education, and Welfare
• Corporate Author: RTI International
• Sale Source: National Technical Information Service; National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Best Practice/State-of-the-Art Review
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

FINAL REPORT OF A TWO-PHASE STUDY TO DEVELOP A STATE-OF-KNOWLEDGE SUMMARY OF WHAT IS KNOWN ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DRUG USE AND CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR AND TO DEVELOP GUIDELINES FOR DRUG CRIME RESEARCH.

Abstract

THE REPORT COVERS FOUR MAIN ISSUES: THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN DRUG USE AND CRIME, THE IMPACT OF TREATMENT, THE EFFECT ON THE CONSUMER, AND CONCEPTUAL AND MEASUREMENT PROBLEMS OF DRUG USE AND CRIME. THE APPENDIXES, WHICH COMPRISE THE BULK OF THE TEST, CONTAIN STANDARDIZED DEFINITIONS AND MEASUREMENTS, DATA ANALYSES, POLICIES AND PROGRAMS, AND STATE-OF-THE-ART SUMMARIES. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)...KAP