Alcohol and other drug use among Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander and non-Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men entering prison in New South Wales.

Michael Doyle; Tony Butler; A Shakeshaft; Jill Guthrie; JM Reekie; P.R. Schofield

doi:10.1186/s40352-015-0027-1

Alcohol and other drug use among Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander and non-Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men entering prison in New South Wales.

Michael Doyle, Tony Butler, A Shakeshaft, Jill Guthrie, JM Reekie, P.R. Schofield

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Prison entrants commonly have a history of problematic alcohol and other drug (AoD) use. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (Indigenous) Australians are vastly overrepresented in Australian prisons with an incarceration rate 16 times that of non-Indigenous Australians. Relatively little attention has been given to the patterns of AoD use among prison entrants and we hypothesise that they may differ between Indigenous and non-Indigenous entrants. The aim of this paper is to compare the prior AoD use among Indigenous and non-Indigenous prison entrants and identify the implications for AoD treatment provision within prisons.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-10
Journal	Health and Justice
Volume	3
Issue number	15
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/s40352-015-0027-1
Publication status	Published - 2015

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Alcohol and other drug use among Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander and non-Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men entering prison in New South Wales.

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