Mental health, abuse, drug use and crime [electronic resource] : does gender matter? / Lubica Forsythe and Kerryn Adams
- Bib ID:
- 5598648
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Forsythe, Lubica
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- Description:
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- Canberra : Australian Institute of Criminology, 2009
- 6 p.
- Series:
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- PANDORA electronic collection.
- Trends and issues in crime and criminal justice (Online) ; no. 384. 1836-2206.
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- Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. Address as at 24/08/2011: http://www.aic.gov.au/publications/current%20series/tandi/381-400/tandi384.aspx.
- Summary:
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Theories on the causal relationship between drug use and crime in Australian literature have often overlooked the influence of gender as a confounding variable. However, research indicates that pathways into drug use and crime differ for males and females. Using data from the Australian Institute of Criminology's Drug Use Monitoring in Australia program, this study explores the relationship between drug use, offending, mental health and experiences of child abuse among a sample of police detainees. Findings indicate that female detainees were more likely to use 'hard' drugs and to have been arrested for a property crime. The relationship between experiences of mental illness, drug use and arrest was also stronger for female detainees. The study also found a strong relationship, mediated by gender, between drug use, offending and prior experience of child abuse, with the relationship being stronger among female detainees. It is suggested that mental health care be considered as a measure to reduce recidivism, and that programs designed for male offenders may not be suitable for addressing women offenders' needs, which also tend to be more complex.
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- "November 2009".
- Includes bibliographic references (p. 6)
- Title from caption of PDF document (viewed Aug. 24, 2011)
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- Subject:
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- Child abuse -- Australia -- Statistics
- Drug abuse and crime -- Australia -- Statistics
- Men -- Drug use -- Australia -- Statistics
- Men -- Mental health -- Australia -- Statistics
- People with mental disabilities and crime -- Australia -- Statistics
- Women -- Drug use -- Australia -- Statistics
- Women -- Mental health -- Australia -- Statistics
- Child abuse
- Crime
- Drug use and abuse
- Mental health
- Sex differences
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