Unreported Criminal Involvement of Narcotic Addicts

Inciardi, James A.; Chambers, Carl D.

doi:10.1177/002204267200200210

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“…A part of the concern is associated with the physiological and psychological problems created by substance abuse but another important factor is the deviant behavior associated with illegal drug use (Cushman, 1971;Eckerman, et al, 1971;Forslund, 1977-78;Inciardi and Chambers, 1972;McGlothlin, ~al., 1978). It has been suggested that young people engage in deviant behavior to finance their illegal drug use and that many drug abusers become so disoriented under the influence they engage in behavior which is atypical of their "normal" behavior.…”

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“…Deviant Behavior: Illegal drug use has been shown to be significantly related to deviant behavior (Cushman, 1971;Eckerman, ~al., 1971;Forslund, 1977-78;Inciardi and Chambers, 1972;McGlothlin, et al, 1978). Users of illegal drugs frequently must secure money to purchase the drugs and must at times resort to deviant behavior· to access economic resources.…”

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Factors Associated with Illegal Drug Use in Rural Georgia

Napier

Bachtel²,

Carter

1983

J Drug Educ

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Data assessing the extent of illegal drug use were collected in the spring of 1981 from 2,060 junior and senior high school students living in a rural county in southern Georgia. The sample consists of 83.2 percent of all students in the 8 through 12 grades in the county. Only students absent from the public schools at the time the questionnaires were administered were excluded from the analyses. A private school in the county with less than 5 percent of all students refused to participate in the study. The study findings are basically consistent with research expectations. It was revealed that the respondents participated extensively in illegal drug use. Approximately 76.7 percent of the respondents indicated they had consumed alcohol at least once, 41.0 percent had tried marijuana at least once, 64.5 percent had tried cigarettes at least once, 16.0 percent had tried amphetamines at least once, and 12.2 percent had tried barbiturates at least once. The frequency of each illegal drug was regressed against selected independent variables and the findings revealed that 10 variables explained 41.4 percent of the variance in alcohol use, 11 variables explained 57.3 percent of the variance in marijuana use, 8 variables explained 28.7 percent of the variance in cigarette use, 7 variables explained 30.4 percent of the variance in amphetamine use, and 8 variables explained 35.7 percent of the variance in barbiturate use.

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Factors Associated with Illegal Drug Use in Rural Georgia

Napier

Bachtel²,

Carter

1983

J Drug Educ

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“…Additionally, the measure of recidivism employed here is limited, as it fails to capture arrests that do not lead to a court filing or behavior, such as drug and alcohol use, which if known would result in participant failure. Moreover, previous research has shown that use of official data, such as court filings, tends to underestimate the true prevalence of criminal involvement (Inciardi & Chambers, 1972;Elliot, 1995;Inciardi, McBride, & Rivers, 1996). Therefore, future drug court research should integrate both self report data on illegal or illicit behavior, arrests, and official arrest records (court filings) in order to increase the validity and reliability of recidivism as an outcome measure.…”

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The Effectiveness of Idaho DUI and Misdemeanor/DUI Courts: Outcome Evaluation

Ronan

Collins

Rosky

2009

Journal of Offender Rehabilitation

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As DUI Courts continue to expand through the United States, research needs to match the growth to inform administrators and the public on the effectiveness of these courts. The current study found that participation in a DUI or Misdemeanor=DUI Drug Court (23%) reduced recidivism compared to a comparison group (37%) with court filing records that resulted in a disposition of guilty. The current study measured multiple court sites and analyzed recidivism over a 4.5 year time frame, and through the use of a Cox Proportional Hazard model it was identified that those not in the DUI court group were 1.6 times more likely to recidivate. The authors discuss the limitations and results in their efforts to increase the research on this ever expanding criminal justice practice.

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“…Focusing on relative crime type distributions of narcotic drug users, they noted an overwhelming predominance of property offenses among arrests and selfreported offenses by these drug users. See, for example, Finestone (1957), Inciardi and Chambers (1972), Jacoby, et al (1973), Elliott and Ageton (1976), Johnston, et al (1976), McBride (1976), and O'Donnell, et al (1976). Other studies compare offending levels of drug users to nonusers (see note 13), and still others compare offending levels of addicts during periods of heavy and light drug use (see note 14).…”

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Distinguishing Between Effects of Criminality and Drug Use on Violent Offending

Cohen¹

1999

PsycEXTRA Dataset

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Unreported Criminal Involvement of Narcotic Addicts

Cited by 60 publications

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Factors Associated with Illegal Drug Use in Rural Georgia

Factors Associated with Illegal Drug Use in Rural Georgia

The Effectiveness of Idaho DUI and Misdemeanor/DUI Courts: Outcome Evaluation

Distinguishing Between Effects of Criminality and Drug Use on Violent Offending

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