Title

Comparing The Validity Of Self-Reported Recent Drug Use Between Adult And Juvenile Arrestees

Keywords

ADAM; Kappa; Self-report; Sensitivity

Abstract

A large body of literature has explored the validity of self-reported drug use among criminal populations. These works have typically revealed strong underreporting of recent illicit drug use. To date, however, no studies have compared the validity of self-reported drug-using behaviors between adult and juvenile offenders. The authors overcome this limitation by assessing the validity of self-reported recent drug use with data collected from 1,425 adult and 551 juvenile Los Angeles arrestees surveyed through the Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring (ADAM) Program in 1997. Kappa statistics were computed and tests for specificity and sensitivity were conducted utilizing urinalysis as the reference standard. Results suggest that adult arrestees are more inclined to underreport their recent use of illicit drugs. Implications for drug use research are assessed in light of the current findings. © 2003 Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.

Publication Date

1-1-2003

Publication Title

Journal of Psychoactive Drugs

Volume

35

Issue

2

Number of Pages

279-284

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1080/02791072.2003.10400010

Socpus ID

0043168031 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/0043168031

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