To assess the relationship between testing positive for
opiates and/or cocaine and prior offending.
139,925 persons (107,573 men) identified from a saliva test
for opiate and cocaine metabolites following arrest in England and Wales, 1 April 2005-31 March 2009, were case-linked
with 2-year recorded offending history.
- The relationship between testing positive for opiates and cocaine and prior two-year offending was greater for women than men.
- The association was weaker for those testing positive for opiates only.
- Men testing positive for cocaine only had a lower rate of prior offending, women had a higher rate.
- The strongest associations were for non-serious acquisitive crimes (e.g. dually-positive: prostitution (women-only); shoplifting; women).
- Testing positive for opiates and cocaine was associated with violent offences among women.
Among drug-tested offenders, opiate use is associated with elevated prior offending and the
association is stronger for women than men. Cocaine use is associated with prior offending only among women.
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- 1Centre for Mental Health and Risk, University of Manchester, 4th Floor, Ellen Wilkinson Building, Oxford Road, M13 9PL Manchester, UK.
- 2Centre for Mental Health and Risk, University of Manchester, 4th Floor, Ellen Wilkinson Building, Oxford Road, M13 9PL Manchester, UK.
- 3MRC Biostatistics Unit, Institute of Public Health, University Forvie Site, Robinson Way, CB2 0SR Cambridge, UK.
- 4School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Canynge Hall, 39 Whatley Road, BS8 2PS Bristol, UK.
- 5School of Law, University of Manchester, 4.46A Williamson Building, Oxford Road, M13 9PL Manchester, UK.
- 6Centre for Biostatistics, University of Manchester, Jean McFarlane Building (First Floor), Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
- 7Centre for Mental Health and Risk, University of Manchester, 4th Floor, Ellen Wilkinson Building, Oxford Road, M13 9PL Manchester, UK
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