Project

The effect of incarceration on legal and illegal drug use patterns

Code
01D03007
Duration
01 November 2007 → 01 February 2011
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Social sciences
    • Criminology
Keywords
overcrowding drug use patterns prison
 
Project description

Drug use in prison is a contemporary problem. International research points at important changes in frequency and manners of use, caused by the effect of incarceration. Tension factors, susch as overcrowding, play a role regarding changing drug use patterns. There are no Belgian studies on this topic. This research will measure the effect of incarceration on the legal and illegal drug use patterns.