Catalogue canadien de recherches policières

Drug use monitoring in Australia [electronic resource] : drug detection testing / Toni Makkai.

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Recherches policières canadienne

Ressource

Livres électroniques

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Bibliographie

Includes bibliographical references.

Description

1 online resource (ix, 33 p.)

Note

Description based on print version record.

Résumé

This paper outlines the processes involved in one specific drug detection methodology - urine testing or urinalysis -- as it is used in Australia's Drug Use Monitoring Program (DUMA). One of urinalysis's chief advantages is that it provides information on very recent drug use. More specifically, it enables researchers to objectively determine whether a person who has been recently detained by the police has recently consumed drugs. This is an important policy concern as a number of surveys of prisoners have shown that drug using offenders self-report committing disproportionately more crime than non-drug using offenders. In addition, drug dependent detainees may require police to employ new ways of handling such people where duty of care issues arise such as in the watchhouse environment. The DUMA project collects urine specimens for drug detection purposes and this paper outlines the surrounding issues and controversies of urinalysis testing.

Sujet

Accès en ligne

Contenu

Introduction. -- 1. Drug testing methods. -- 2. Drugs of interest. -- 3. Drug testing technology. -- 4. Interpretation of results. -- 5. Ethical questions. -- 6. DUMA protocols. -- 7. Some examples from DUMA data. -- 8. Conclusion.

Collection

Research and public policy series (Australian Institute of Criminology) ; no. 25.

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