SWEDEN - DRUG ABUSE AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS AMONG NEW INMATES AT FIVE CENTRAL CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN 1973

• NCJ Number: 15257
• Author(s): B OLSSON
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 75 pages
• Corporate Author: Kriminalvardsstyrelsen Utvecklingsenheten
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Country: Sweden

Annotation

SURVEY ON DRUG CONSUMPTION PATTERNS AND SOCIAL BACKGROUND OF 1,482 NEW INMATES CARRIED OUT AS ONE OF A SERIES OF SIMILAR SURVEYS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.

Abstract

INVOLVED IN THE SURVEY WERE THE PRISONS OF OSTERACKER, HARLANDA, AND MALMO (ALL FOR MALE ADULTS), UPPSALA (FOR YOUNG INMATES) AND HINSEBERG (FOR WOMEN). AMONG THE FINDINGS WERE THE FOLLOWING - 58 PERCENT OF ALL RESPONDENTS HAD AT SOME TIME TRIED OUT OR USED DRUGS, 36 PERCENT MORE THAN 100 TIMES, 46 PERCENT MORE THAN 10 TIMES. DRUG MISUSE (USE OF DRUGS WITHOUT PRESCRIPTION) WAS MAINLY FOUND AMONG THOSE UNDER 30 AND SUCCESSIVELY DIMINISHED AS AGE INCREASED. A HISTORY OF UNEMPLOYMENT AND PERSONAL PROBLEMS WAS MORE FREQUENT AMONG DRUG USERS THAN AMONG NONUSERS. ABOUT THREE QUARTERS OF THOSE REPORTING DRUG MISUSE SAID THEY WISHED TO STOP. --IN SWEDISH - SUMMARY IN ENGLISH