Are drug arrests a valid measure of drug use? A time series analysis

Policing

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 458-467

  Moffatt, Steve ^a   Wan, Wai Yin ^a   Weatherburn, Don ^a  

^a NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amphetamine type substances; Arrest; Australia; Cocaine; Crime; Drug markets; Drugs; Emergency department admission; Emergency treatment; Hospitals; Overdose; Police; Time series

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865135115     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639511211250749     Document Type: Article

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