Drug Misuse Declared in 1998
| Published date | 01 December 1999 |
| Date | 01 December 1999 |
| DOI | 10.1177/026455059904600410 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
264
deportation
orders,
should
be
overturned.
This
issue
is
currently
being
considered
as
part
of
a
review
of
policy
on
foreign
national
prisoners.
.
Research
in
the
United
States
has
shown
that
prisoners
who
have
maintained
close
family
ties
are
much
less
likely
to
reoffend
in
the
first
year
after
release
than
prisoners
released
without
family
support.
The
report
recommends
similar
research
in
England
and
Wales
into
the
relationship
between
the
maintenance
of
family
ties
and
reoffending.
.
The
Prison
Service
should
also
examine
the
possibility
of
giving
mothers
greater
entitlement
to
telephone
use
and
home
leave,
and
more
flexible
visiting
schemes,
given
that
many
mothers
must
continue
to
organise
their
families
and
remain
a
focal
point
for
them
despite
imprisonment.
.
The
current
situation
whereby
training
is
not
made
available
to
staff
prior
to
deployment
on
mother
and
baby
units
must
be
tackled,
and
staff
should
be
encouraged
to
work
on
such
units
as
a
career
choice,
not
simply
be
deployed
there
by
chance.
The
report
concludes
with
a
series
of
recommendations
for
future
research,
including
investigation
into
the
needs
of
imprisoned
fathers.
This
is
a
thorough,
well-written
and
accessible
publication
which
provides
much
food
for
thought.
Consideration
of
the
full
text
is
recommended
for
all
those
working
in
both
women’s
and
men’s
prisons.
Reference
Caddle,
D.
and
Crisp,
D.
(1997)
Imprisoned
Women
and
Mothers.
Home
Office
Research
Study
162.
London:
Home
Office.
Report
of
a
Review
of
Principles,
Policies
and
Procedures
on
Mothers
and
Babies/Children
in
Prison.
HM
Prison
Service, 1999.
Copies
of
the
report
can
be
obtained
on
written
request
from:
Women’s
Policy
Group
316,
Abell
House,
John
Islip
Street,
London
SWIP 4LH.
Drug
Misuse
Declared
in
1998
The
199~, 1996
and
1998
British
Crime
Surveys
all
included
a
self
report
drug
component
completed
by
around
10,000
people,
thus
providing
a
strong
indicator
of
changing
patterns
of
drug
use.
The
most
striking
finding
is
that
although
levels
of
consumption
of
any
drug
have
remained
fairly
constant
across
England
and
Wales
as
a
whole,
cocaine
usage
over
the
last
two
years
has
shown
a
significant
increase
for
both
men
and
women.
It
is
particularly
prevalent
amongst
those
aged
between
20-24
years
old,
nine
percent
of
whom
reported
using
it
on
an
ever/lifetime
basis,
compared
to
an
average
of
six
percent
in
the
16-29
age
group
as a
whole.
Three
other
’hard’
drugs -
heroin,
crack
and
methadone -
were
categorised
in
the
study
with
cocaine
as
’opiate
+’
substances;
all
remained
at
very
low
prevalence
levels
within
the
general
population.
To
What
Extent
Is
’Deprivation’ An
Indicator
Of
Drug
Misuse?
Deprivation
is
defined
by
the
study
as
applying
not
only
to
economic
circumstances,
but
also
to
&dquo;social
disadvantage
in
the
broader
sense
of
lifestyle
pressures&dquo;.
The
results
support
established
research
showing
that
while
income
and
employment
status
remain
important,
the
link
between
drug
use
and
deprivation
is
becoming
more
complex.
Those
living
in
socially
mobile
’Rising’
areas
located
in
city
or
town
centres
had
the
highest
prevalence
of
’opiate
+’ usage,
regardless
of
age.
Those
people
in
their
twenties
and
living
in
well-off
’Thriving’
neighbourhoods
came
next.
People
in
their
thirties
and
living
in
’Striving’
relatively
impoverished
category
came
after
that.
However,
while
the
highest
prevalence
rates
were
towards
the
lower
end
of
the
income
range,
the
richest
elements
of
the
’Rising’
group
still
had
higher
prevalence
To continue reading
Request your trial