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Interesting data

Youth Attitudes on Drugs

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          A report from The Irish Needle Exchange Forum                  12 July 2011

The current Flash Eurobarometer on “Youth attitudes on drugs”, requested by Directorate General Justice, builds on these earlier surveys in order to measure the trend in attitudes of this target group towards drugs. In response to recent developments in the EU drug market, in the current survey, young people were also asked about their experiences with and attitudes towards new substances that imitate the effects of illicit drugs, so-called new psychoactive substances or “legal highs”.

This survey’s objective was to study young EU citizens’ attitudes to – and perceptions about – drugs and related issues.  Here is the link to the download:

http://networkedblogs.com/ki3o4

Recidivism in Australia

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The Australian Government in collaboration with the Australian Institute of Criminology, and authored by Jason Payne, presents in its Research and Public Policy Series, no. 80, 2007:

 

Recidivism in Australia

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