Estimating Drug Use: The Effect of Sampling Methods and Policy Implications (Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship) - Hardcover

Kremling, Janine

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1593325193 ISBN 13: 9781593325190

Publisher: LFB Scholarly Publishing, 2013

Synopsis

Kremling uses data from the Drug Use Forecasting (DUF) and the Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring (ADAM) programs to explore whether the drug estimates of DUF, using a non-probability sample, and the drug use estimates of ADAM, using a probability sample, yield different results. She finds that the drug use information in DUF and ADAM is not substantially different for marijuana, cocaine, and opiates for all sites analyzed together. Her main conclusion is that a probability sample does not produce results that are substantially different from a convenience sample. While a researcher can attempt to draw a probability sample, it is still volunteers who agree to participate just as in a convenience sample.

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Estimating Drug Use Kremling uses data from the Drug Use Forecasting (DUF) and the Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring (ADAM) programs to explore whether the drug estimates of DUF, using a non-probability sample, and the drug use estimates of ADAM, using a probability sample, yield different results. She finds that the drug use information in DUF and ADAM is not substantially different for marijuana, cocaine, and opiates ... Full description

About the Author

Janine Kremling completed her doctorate in Criminology at the University of South Florida. She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at the California State University at San Bernardino. Her research with regard to student learning has focused mainly on metacognition and the impact of institutional culture on the learning environment.

Edition details

• Publisher: LFB Scholarly Publishing
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1593325193
• ISBN 13: 9781593325190
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 204