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17 Alaska Just. F. 1 (2000-2001)

handle is hein.journals/aljufor17 and id is 1 raw text is: ALASKA JUSTICE FORUM A Publication of the Alaska Justice Justice Center Statistical Analysis Unit Spring 2000 UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE Vol. 17, No. 1 Drug Use Among Arrestees in Anchorage Cassie Atwell and Matthew Giblin have implications for both national and lo- A survey of 718 male and female cal research and policymaking. On a na- An earlier Forum article, o Natioal arrestees in 1999 has revealed that cocaine tional level, the data provide a national Drug Strategyh Escalatiol, of th War o and marijuana are the drugs used most of- picture of drug use and abuse among a popu- available online at the Justice Center Web ten by those arrested in the Anchorage area. lation that is difficult to reach from other Site. The group was studied by the Justice Cen- drug use data collection programs (e.g., ter as part of the Arrestee Drug Abuse Moni- National Household Survey on Drug http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/just/ toring (ADAM) project, a national research Abuse). In addition, data are used to ana- initiative undertaken by the National Insti- lyze the relationship between drugs and week period in both Anchorage booking tute of Justice (NIJ). The program, origi- crime. On a local level, the data provide facilities, Cook Inlet Pretrial and Sixth Av- nally established in 1987 as the Drug Use local policymakers, law enforcement offi- enue Correctional Center. The Justice Forecasting Program (DUF) and subse- cials, and treatment professionals with a Center and the Alaska Department of Cor- quently redesigned and renamed in 1997, valuable resource from which to identify rections have worked together to administer operates in thirty-five sites across the coun- local drug trends, evaluate existing treatment a secure confidential collection procedure. try. Its purpose is to generate extensive and programs and ascertain the need for addi- The only criteria for inclusion in the study timely data on drug use among the arrestee tional or improved programs, advise local are that inmates must not have been in cus- population. law enforcement personnel, and assist in tody for more than forty-eight hours and that The drug use data obtained from ADAM formulating better policy decisions. they must not be federal prisoners, Immi- gration and Naturalization Service detainees, HIGHLIGHTS Methodology or transfers from another facility. Once INSIDE THIS ISSUE identified as eligible, the inmate is asked to Data collection, using a uniform proto- participate in a two-pronged study protocol. * Measuring the drug problem (page 2). col, takes place in thirty-five sites across The first part is an interview with a profes- * Drug control in the national budget (page the country. The uniform protocol enhances sionally trained interviewer. The main 3). the validity of program findings while also content of the interview focuses on current * Drug cases in federal and Alaska courts helping to make findings comparable across and prior drug use, and additional questions (page 4). ADAM sites. deal with criminal histories, drug treatment, * Drug treatment in Alaska prisons (page 5). Four times a year (once every quarter) * Incarceration for drug offenses (page 6). the Justice Center collects data for a two- Please see Anchorage Arrestees, page 7 Table 1. Percentage of Arrestees Found Positive for Drugs, by Sex, Age, and Race, Anchorage, 1999 Total Metham- samDle (N) Any drug Cocaine Mariiuana Oviates Dhetamine PCP Multivle drugs Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Per cent Dositive 563 155 53.8 0/ 56.1%0 25.6 0/ 36.1%0 37.5 0/ 31.0 0/ 3.0 0/ 1.9 0/ 0.5 0/ 0.0 0/ 0.0 0/ 0.0 0/ 12.1%0 12.9 0/ By age 15-20 51 19 66.70/ 52.6 0/ 13.70/ 21.1 0/ 60.8 0/ 36.8 0/ 0.0 0/ 5.3 0/ 0.0 0/ 0.00/ 0.0 0/ 0.0 0/ 7.8 0/ 10.5 0/ 21-25 95 28 57.9 60.7 18.9 21.4 55.8 50.0 3.2 0.0 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.9 10.7 26-30 87 22 55.2 40.9 27.6 31.8 42.5 13.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 14.9 4.5 31-35 97 28 56.7 71.4 35.1 53.6 27.8 39.3 5.2 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.3 21.4 35± 233 57 47.6 52.6 26.2 40.4 27.0 21.1 3.9 3.5 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.9 12.3 By race White 288 70 57.3 0/ 58.6 0/ 27.1%0 47.1%0 39.6 0/ 27.1%0 4.2 0/ 1.4 0/ 1.0 0/ 0.0 0/ 0.0 0/ 0.0 0/ 13.5 0/ 17.1%0 American Indian! AakNaie144 63 .. . 11 .8 15.9 32.6 33.3 1 .4 3.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Black 92 17 67.4 82.4 45.7 64.7 35.9 29.4 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 15.2 11.8 Hispanic 23 1 52.2 100.0 13.0 0.0 47.8 100.0 8.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.0 0.0 Asian 13 4 .. .. 30.8 50.0 38.5 50.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 .. .. Other 2 0 0.0 -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- 0.0 .. . Source of data: Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring Program, National Institute of lustice

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