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Comparative rates of violent crime among regular methamphetamine and opioid users: offending and victimization

Darke, Shane, Torok, Michelle, Kaye, Sharlene, Ross, Joanne, McKetin, Rebecca·2010·Addiction

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AIMS: To determine the comparative levels of violent offending and victimization among regular methamphetamine and heroin users. DESIGN: Cross-sectional Setting Sydney, Australia. PARTICIPANTS: A total of 400 regular methamphetamine (METH) and heroin (HER) users (118 methamphetamine users: METH; 161 regular heroin users: HER; 121 regular users of both: BOTH). FINDINGS: Eighty-two per cent reported a life-time history of committing violent crime, 41% in the past 12 months. There were no group differences in life-time violence, but the METH group were significantly more likely than the HER group to have committed violence in the past 12 months (odds ratio 1.94). Nearly all (95%) reported that they had been a victim of violent crime, 46% in the preceding 12 months, with no group differences. Those who had committed a violent crime in the past 12 months were 13.23 times more likely to have been a victim in that period. The majority believed it unlikely that they would be a victim of (78%), or commit (87%), a violent crime in the next 12 months. CONCLUSIONS: Regular methamphetamine use appears to be associated with an increased risk of violent offending, but not victimization, compared with heroin use.

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  • Regular methamphetamine use is associated with various harms and symptoms including psychosis, mood swings, insomnia, skin lesions, depression, malnutrition, respiratory illness, gum disease, severe tooth decay, risky behaviours, and endocarditis.

    “Regular methamphetamine use is associated with various harms and symptoms including psychosis, mood swings, insomnia, skin lesions, depression, malnutrition, respiratory illness, gum disease and severe tooth decay, risky behaviours (e.g., criminal behaviours, injection of other illicit substances, sexual practices that increase risk of sexually transmitted infections), and endocarditis [1, 7–18].”

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Authors
Darke, S., Torok, M., Kaye, S., Ross, J., & McKetin, R.
Affiliations
UNSW Sydney (AU)
Corresponding author
Darke, Shane
Venue
Addiction
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2010-04-08
Volume
105
Issue
5
Pages
916-919
ISSN
  • 0965-2140 (ISSN-L)
  • 1360-0443
OpenAlex
W2158780792
Cited by
106
References
13
Citations by year
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FWCI
8.17
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Addiction (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • ANU Open Research (Australian National University) (submittedVersion)
Funders
National Drug Law Enforcement Research Fund
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Crime Patterns and Interventions
  • Social Sciences › Demography › Youth, Drugs, and Violence
Keywords
methamphetamine, heroin, opioid use, violent offending, violent victimization, drug users, co-occurring substance use, crime risk
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Epidemiologic Methods, Female, Heroin Dependence, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Violence, Crime Victims, Amphetamine-Related Disorders, Young Adult

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