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Criminal Histories and Criminal Justice Processing of Drug Use Forecasting (DUF) Sample Members in Washington, DC, 1989-1991

(4 datasets; 3,770 KB)

Principal Investigator(s): Carver, Jay; Wish, Eric; Smith, Douglas A.; Polsenberg, Christina

Summary: These data provide information on the relationship between arrestee drug tests and future criminality once other risk factors, such as prior criminal history, are accounted for. Also explored is whether the association between drug test results and future offending varies depending upon the attributes of individual offenders. The dataset contains information drawn from the Pretrial Services Agency (PSA) in Washington, DC, and the National Institute of Justice's Drug Use Forecasting (... (view full summary)

Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06122.v1

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