DRUG ABUSE AND INVOLVEMENT IN CRIMINAL BEHAVIOUR Cover Image

ZLOUPORABA DROGA I UKLJUČENOST U KRIMINALNO PONAŠANJE
DRUG ABUSE AND INVOLVEMENT IN CRIMINAL BEHAVIOUR

Author(s): Jandre Šarić, Slavko Sakoman, Davor Zdunić
Subject(s): Evaluation research, Criminology, Substance abuse and addiction
Published by: Institut društvenih znanosti Ivo Pilar
Keywords: Drug Abuse; Criminal behavior;

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the research was to determine the relationship between the abuse of drugs and involvement in criminal behaviour. The research was conducted on 1102 persons who registered for treatment for the first time at the Centre for Outpatient Treatment of Addictions in the Sisters of Mercy University Hospital. A questionnaire in the form of an interview was applied with the basic information on the addicts in the treatment programme including data on drug abuse, criminal behaviour and sociodemographic characteristics of the examinees and their families. The results were separately analysed for the men and women examinees.

  • Issue Year: 11/2002
  • Issue No: 58+59
  • Page Range: 353-377
  • Page Count: 25
  • Language: Croatian