TY - JOUR
TI - CRIMINALITY IN A SAMPLE OF DRUG-ABUSERS IN GREECE
AU - KOKKEVI, A
AU - LIAPPAS, J
AU - BOUKOUVALA, V
AU - ALEVIZOU, V and
AU - ANASTASSOPOULOU, E
AU - STEFANIS, C
JO - Drug and Alcohol Dependence
PY - 1993
VL - 31
TODO - 2
SP - 111-121
PB - ELSEVIER SCI IRELAND LTD
SN - 0376-8716
TODO - 10.1016/0376-8716(93)90063-V
TODO - DRUG ABUSE; CRIMINALITY; PREDICTORS; GREECE
TODO - Criminality as expressed by self-reported arrests and convictions was
studied in a sample of 294 drug - mainly heroin -abusing subjects,
77.6% of whom had been arrested and 57.1% convicted. The majority had
more than one arrest or conviction for a variety of crimes.  Arrests and
convictions for other than drug offences outnumbered the drug offences.
Only a minority of the subjects were responsible for the majority of
criminal acts. In half of the subjects, involvement in criminality
predated initiation to heroin use. Gender, polydrug use, unemployment,
low education level-not injecting heroin as main mode of use-were found
to be among the main factors significantly predicting criminality.
ER -