ISS SEMINAR:
DRUG ENFORCEMENT HANDBOOK: IDENTIFYING STREET DRUGS AND THE PEOPLE THAT USE AND SELL THEM
Wednesday, 2 March 2005
CRIME AND JUSTICE PROGRAMME
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The South African I-ADAM project (MRC/ISS 3-Metros Arrestee Study of Drugs and Crime) conducted at three points in time during 1999 and 2000 produced a substantial amount of data on the relationship between drug use and crime. In particular, it pointed to the high proportion of arrestees who tested positive for drugs, the variations in drug positivity by area, gender, age, race and income, the association between drugs and particular crime types, and the link between drug positivity and prior arrests. Various reports were produced that were aimed at scholars in the areas of drug research and crime prevention. The second phase of the project involved an analysis of police dockets in Gauteng to further contextualize the research in terms of the crime and law enforcement situation in South Africa and making the findings more useable and accessible to law enforcement practitioners and policy makers through producing the “South African Drug Enforcement Handbook”.
Speakers:
Prof Charles Parry: Director of the Alcohol & Drug Abuse Research Unit at the Medical Research Council (MRC): Overview of ISS/MRC work on drugs and crime: 1999-2004 and highlights from the Gauteng docket analysis. [Presentation]
Andreas Plüddemann: Senior Scientist, Alcohol & Drug Abuse Research Unit, MRC: Recap of MRC/ISS 3 Metros Study on Drugs and Crime. [Presentation]
Anton Du Plessis: Head of the Crime & Justice Programme at ISS: Overview of the South African Drug Enforcement Handbook. [Presentation]
SAPS representative: SAPS' role in drug law enforcement .
This seminar will be used to launch the ‘Drug Enforcement Handbook' prepared by Ted Leggett with support from Prof Charles Parry and Andreas Plüddemann.
Date: 2 March 2005
Time: 10:30am – 12:30pm
Venue: ISS, Block C, Brooklyn Court , Veale Street East , Pretoria
RSVP: Ms Busiswa Gaya, email: busiswa@iss.org.za
Tel: (012) 346 9500, fax: (012) 460 0998
Parking is available at Brooklyn Mall & ABSA parkades at your own cost.
Phase 2 of the MRC/ISS 3-Metros Study was funded by the US National Institute of Justice via the US State Department
