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Static and dynamic predictors of criminal involvement among people with heroin dependence: Findings from a 3-year longitudinal study
Static and dynamic predictors of criminal involvement among people with heroin dependence: Findings from a 3-year longitudinal study
dc.contributor.author | Marel, Christina | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Mills, Katherine | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Darke, Shane | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Ross, Joanne | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Slade, Tim | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Burns, Lucy | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Teesson, Maree | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-11-25T12:27:49Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-11-25T12:27:49Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2013 | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Background The link between heroin use and crime has been well established; however, there has been little opportunity to examine this relationship longitudinally. This study examines the relationship between static and dynamic predictors of criminal involvement, and the degree to which changes in dynamic risk factors moderate the risk of criminal involvement over time. Method Data was collected as part of the Australian Treatment Outcome Study, a 3-year longitudinal study of 615 people with heroin dependence conducted in Sydney, Australia. Past-month criminal involvement (property crime, drug dealing, fraud, violent crime), demographic, drug use and mental health characteristics were assessed at each interview. Results Criminal involvement was consistently and independently predicted by lack of wage/salary as a main source of income, (OR 2.17), meeting diagnostic criteria for anti-social personality disorder (OR 1.91) and major depression (OR 1.41), screening positive for borderline personality disorder (OR 1.47), male sex (OR 1.44), a criminal history (OR 1.33), greater severity of dependence (OR 1.21), more extensive heroin use (OR 1.09), and younger age (OR 0.96) over the 3-year period. Conclusions These findings provide strong evidence of the robust nature of the association between more extensive heroin use, severity of dependence, the co-occurrence of mental health conditions, and an individual’s capacity for employment, and criminal involvement. Interventions aimed at increasing an individual’s employability and improving mental health in particular, may reduce the risk of criminal involvement among people with heroin dependence. | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0376-8716 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1959.4/53173 | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.language.iso | EN | en_US |
dc.rights | CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 | en_US |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/au/ | en_US |
dc.source | Legacy MARC | en_US |
dc.subject.other | longitudinal study | en_US |
dc.subject.other | predictors of crime | en_US |
dc.subject.other | heroin dependence | en_US |
dc.subject.other | polydrug use | en_US |
dc.subject.other | criminal involvement | en_US |
dc.title | Static and dynamic predictors of criminal involvement among people with heroin dependence: Findings from a 3-year longitudinal study | en_US |
dc.type | Journal Article | en |
dcterms.accessRights | metadata only access | |
dspace.entity.type | Publication | en_US |
unsw.accessRights.uri | http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_14cb | |
unsw.identifier.doiPublisher | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2013.08.003 | en_US |
unsw.relation.faculty | Medicine & Health | |
unsw.relation.ispartofissue | 2 | en_US |
unsw.relation.ispartofjournal | Drug and Alcohol Dependence | en_US |
unsw.relation.ispartofpagefrompageto | 600-606 | en_US |
unsw.relation.ispartofvolume | 133 | en_US |
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation | Marel, Christina, National Drug & Alcohol Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW | en_US |
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation | Mills, Katherine, National Drug & Alcohol Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW | en_US |
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation | Darke, Shane, National Drug & Alcohol Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW | en_US |
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation | Ross, Joanne, National Drug & Alcohol Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW | en_US |
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation | Slade, Tim, National Drug & Alcohol Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW | en_US |
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation | Burns, Lucy, National Drug & Alcohol Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW | en_US |
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation | Teesson, Maree, National Drug & Alcohol Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW | en_US |
unsw.relation.school | NDARC | * |
unsw.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 111799 Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified | en_US |
unsw.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 111714 Mental Health | en_US |
unsw.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 160201 Causes and Prevention of Crime | en_US |