Comparisons of Incarcerated Offenders According to Use of Alcohol and/or Drugs Prior to Offense

摘要: Using data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department (1981, 1983), Survey Inmates State Correctional Facilities, 1979 and Jail Inmates, 1978, comparisons are made between incarcerated sentenced offenders who used drugs only, alcohol both alcohol, neither nor prior to offense. Alcohol and/or drug use offense is reported by 60% offenders. Offenders only make up largest group among those alcohol. The that particular interest. This represents young extensively involved in psychoactive substances, exceeding all other groups. emergence this may signify a trend toward more substance offender groups and, as such, warrants further investigation. Since existing theoretical explanations focus on either alcohol-crime or drug-crime nexus, new theoretical...