Drug misuse and acquisitive crime among clients recruited to the National Treatment Outcome Research Study (NTORS)
Drug misuse and acquisitive crime among clients recruited to the National Treatment Outcome Research Study (NTORS)
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国民治疗结果研究 (NTORS) 招募的客户中的药物滥用和收购犯罪
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2000
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A. Rolfe
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D. Stewart;M. Gossop;J. Marsden;A. Rolfe
背景
吸毒人群中的犯罪活动可能会造成相当大的损失。本文研究了国民治疗结果研究 (NTORS) 招募的 1075 名客户中的贪得无厌的犯罪行为与吸毒之间的关系。
方法
客户是从英格兰 54 个药物滥用治疗项目中招募的。临床工作人员进行了结构化访谈。大多数客户是阿片类药物依赖者。
结果
在开始治疗前的三个月内，该队列报告了 27 000 起贪得无厌的犯罪行为，其中入店行窃是最常见的犯罪行为。所报告的贪污犯罪数量存在显着差异；只有 10% 的样本对四分之三的犯罪行为负有责任。另外还确定了另外两个群体：低犯罪率犯罪者和没有犯下贪婪犯罪的人。多变量分析显示，非法药物使用频率与犯罪行为水平增加有关。与无犯罪组相比，高犯罪率犯罪者经常吸食海洛因的可能性高出 11 倍，经常吸食可卡因的可能性高出三倍。
讨论
这些研究结果表明，最依赖和最有问题的药物滥用者在降低犯罪水平方面给治疗服务带来了最大的挑战。版权所有 © 2000 Whurr 出版有限公司
Background
Criminal activity among drug-misusing populations can result in considerable costs. This paper examines the relationship between acquisitive criminal behaviour and drug use among a cohort of 1075 clients recruited to the National Treatment Outcome Research Study (NTORS).
Method
Clients were recruited from 54 drug misuse treatment programmes in England. A structured interview was administered by clinical staff. The majority of clients were opiate-dependent poly-drug users.
Results
27 000 acquisitive criminal offences were reported by the cohort in the three months prior to starting treatment, of which shoplifting was the most common offence. There was marked variation in the amount of acquisitive crime reported; just 10% of the sample were responsible for three-quarters of the crimes committed. Two other groups were identified: low-rate offenders, and those who did not commit an acquisitive crime. Multivariate analyses revealed that frequency of illicit drug use was associated with increased levels of criminal behaviour. Compared with the no-crime group, the high-rate offenders were 11 times more likely to be regular users of heroin, and three times more likely to have used cocaine regularly.
Discussion
These findings suggest that the most dependent and problematic drug misusers present treatment services with the greatest challenge in terms of reducing levels of criminality. Copyright © 2000 Whurr Publishers Ltd.