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Calming Down: Could Sedative Drugs Be a Less-Lethal Option?

Journal

NIJ Journal

Date Published

October 2008

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Issue Overview

Gang Membership as a Proxy for Social Deficiencies: A Study of Nebraska Inmates

Journal

Corrections Management Quarterly

Date Published

2001

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Does Quality-of-Life Policing Widen the Net?: A Partial Analysis

Journal

Justice Research and Policy

Date Published

2004

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Application of a Pyroprobe to Simulate Smoking and Metabolic Degradation of Abused Drugs Through Analysis Pyrolysis

Journal

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Date Published

March 2007

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry - A Technology Transition Workshop

Date Published

July 2007

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Training (Aid/Material)

Recent Decline in Cocaine Use Among Youthful Arrestees in Manhattan 1987 through 1993

Journal

American Journal of Public Health

Date Published

1994

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Cohort Differences in Drug-Use Pathways to Crack Among Current Crack Abusers in New York City

Journal

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Date Published

1994

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Longitudinal Study of the Relationships Among Alcohol Use, Marijuana/hashish use, Cocaine Use, and Emotional/Psychological Functioning Problems in a Cohort of High-Risk Youths

Journal

International Journal of the Addictions

Date Published

1990

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored, OJJDP-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

DATA SOURCES: PROBLEMS AND ISSUES

Journal

Journal of Drug Issues

Date Published

1993

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Issue Overview

Crack and Homicide in New York City, 1988: A Conceptually Based Event Analysis

Journal

Contemporary Drug Problems

Date Published

1990

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Estimates of Drug Use in Intensive Supervision Probationers: Results From a Pilot Study

Journal

Federal Probation

Date Published

1986

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

How Much of the Cocaine Market Are We Missing? Insights From Respondent-Driven Sampling in a Mid-sized American City

Journal

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Date Published

February 2015

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Drug Use and Pretrial Misconduct in New York City

Journal

Journal of Quantitative Criminology

Date Published

1989

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Measurement and Analysis of Drug Problems and Drug Control Efforts

Date Published

2000

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Legislation/Policy Analysis

Recidivism Among Drug Offenders Following Exposure to Treatment

Journal

Criminal Justice Policy Review

Date Published

June 2005

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring (ADAM) Program: Annualized Site Reports 2000

Date Published

2001

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Report (Annual/Periodic), Research (Applied/Empirical)

Adult Patterns of Criminal Behavior

Date Published

June 1996

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Drug Use Among Domestic Marijuana Growers

Journal

Contemporary Drug Problems

Date Published

1991

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Studying Crack Users and Their Criminal Careers: The Scientific and Artistic Aspects of Locating Hard-to-Reach Subjects and Interviewing Them About Sensitive Topics

Journal

Contemporary Drug Problems

Date Published

1990

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Are Arrest Statistics a Valid Measure of Illicit Drug Use?: The Relationship Between Criminal Justice and Public Health Indicators of Cocaine, Heroin, and Marijuana use

Journal

Justice Quarterly

Date Published

1999

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Crack Abusers and Noncrack Abusers: Profiles of Drug Use, Drug Sales and Nondrug Criminality

Journal

Journal of Drug Issues

Date Published

1994

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Constitutionality of Drug Testing at the Bail Stage

Journal

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

Date Published

1989

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Legislation/Policy Analysis

Co-Occurring Disorders Among Mentally Ill Jail Detainees

Journal

American Psychologist

Date Published

1991

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Keeping Contraband on the Outside

Date Published

July 2009

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Description

Drugs & Substance Use

Our nation is facing a substance misuse and overdose crisis. According to recent data from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 46.3 million people (16.5% of the population) met criteria for having a substance use disorder, with the highest percentage amount young adults aged 18-25. The prevalence of substance use disorder, including opioid use disorder, is even greater when we look at data...