Centenial Celebration

Transaction Search Form: please type in any of the fields below.

Date: November 25, 2024 Mon

Time: 9:13 pm

Results for drugs abuse and crime

1 results found

Author: O'Reilly, Bridie

Title: Benzodiazepine and Pharmaceutical Opioid Misuse and Their Relationship to Crime: An Examination of Illicit Prescription Drug Markets in Melbourne, Hobart and Darwin. Northern Territory Report

Summary: The National Drug Law Enforcement Research Fund commissioned research to enhance law enforcement understanding of the impact of benzodiazepine and pharmaceutical opiate use on crime in three select Australian jurisdictions where there was evidence of emergent or consolidated illicit markets: Victoria, Tasmania and the Northern Territory. The aims were to gain understanding of illicit benzodiazepine and pharmaceutical opiate market characteristics, investigate the hypothesized relationship between benzodiazepine and pharmaceutical opiate use and crime, explore the implications for emergency services staff and consider appropriate interventions to address the impact on law enforcement and health. The current research replicated core methods in the three target jurisdictions in four stages over a 14-month period commencing April 2003: interviews with law enforcement personnel, two surveys of benzodiazepine and pharmaceutical opiate users, analysis of secondary indicator data and in-depth interviews with key informants. This report focuses only on the Northern Territory findings.

Details: Hobart, Tasmania: National Drug Law Enforcement Research Fund, 2007. 241p.

Source: Internet Resource: Accessed August 28, 2010 at: http://www.ndlerf.gov.au/pub/Monograph_24.pdf

Year: 2007

Country: Australia

URL: http://www.ndlerf.gov.au/pub/Monograph_24.pdf

Shelf Number: 119696

Keywords:
Drugs Abuse and Crime
Illicit Drugs
Opiates
Prescription Drug Abuse