Collins, P, Cuddy, K, Whitfield, M and McVeigh, J (2015) DIP Merseyside Drug Testing Report (April 2013 - March 2014). Project Report. Centre for Public Health, Liverpool.

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Abstract

The Drug Interventions Programme (DIP) is an initiative set up by the Home Office in 2003 with an overarching aim to break the cycle of drug misuse and crime and as a result reduce acquisitive crime in communities within England and Wales. The DIP process is seen as an important early engagement opportunity, via drug testing, as many of the clients who are assessed for DIP can be some of the most difficult to reach problematic drug users. This report focuses on the seven Merseyside custody suites which carried out drug tests between April 2013 and March 2014, the demographic details captured during the drug testing process and the times at which drug tests were carried out. This report aims to complement the findings from previous reports on this topic in order to provide Merseyside police and local Drug (Alcohol) Action Teams (D(A)AT) with up to date information regarding the clients who are arrested and drug tested, the times of these presentations and outcomes of drug tests carried out in these custody suites.

Item Type:	Monograph (Project Report)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Drug Testing; Drug Interventions Programme
Subjects:	R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
Divisions:	Public Health Institute
Publisher:	Centre for Public Health
Date Deposited:	21 Feb 2017 11:19
Last Modified:	26 Jan 2022 16:55
URI:	https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/5674

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