Effects of Drug Testing on Defendant Risk in Dade County, Florida, 1987
The purpose of this data collection was to explore the
relationship between drug use and crime. Specifically, the collection
was undertaken to determine whether drug test results could provide
important predictive information on pretrial misconduct over and above
that provided by other variables, thus supplying more data for judges
to use in making bail and pretrial release decisions. Data about
defendants and their criminal and drug use history were gathered. In
addition, defendants were subjected to urinalysis drug testing
procedures to determine the presence or absence of drugs in the urine.
Both the drug testing methods and subsequent results were subjected to
reliability and validity testing procedures. The independent variables
in the study include demographic attributes such as defendant's sex,
race, birthdate, marital status, and employment, charge-related
attributes such as current offense, arrest, and court disposition,
prior criminal record of the defendant, current and past drug use, and
drug testing results. The dependent variables pertain to the
defendant's pretrial performance and include items such as failure to
appear and any rearrests.
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| description | The purpose of this data collection was to explore the relationship between drug use and crime. Specifically, the collection was undertaken to determine whether drug test results could provide important predictive information on pretrial misconduct over and above that provided by other variables, thus supplying more data for judges to use in making bail and pretrial release decisions. Data about defendants and their criminal and drug use history were gathered. In addition, defendants were subjected to urinalysis drug testing procedures to determine the presence or absence of drugs in the urine. Both the drug testing methods and subsequent results were subjected to reliability and validity testing procedures. The independent variables in the study include demographic attributes such as defendant's sex, race, birthdate, marital status, and employment, charge-related attributes such as current offense, arrest, and court disposition, prior criminal record of the defendant, current and past drug use, and drug testing results. The dependent variables pertain to the defendant's pretrial performance and include items such as failure to appear and any rearrests. |
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| identifier |
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| issued | 1992-10-31T00:00:00 |
| keyword |
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"controlled drugs",
"criminal histories",
"criminality prediction",
"defendants",
"drug abuse",
"drug related crimes",
"drug testing",
"drug use"
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| language |
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"eng"
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| license | http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/ |
| modified | 1999-08-20T00:00:00 |
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| title | Effects of Drug Testing on Defendant Risk in Dade County, Florida, 1987 |
