A SURVEY OF DRUG USE AND ATTITUDES TOWARD DRUGS AMONG MALE LAW STUDENTS AND POLICE TRAINEES IN QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA: A RESEARCH NOTE

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1983

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Pergamon Press Ltd.

Abstract

During first semester 1980, 96 first and last year male police students and 166 law students were surveyed about their drug use patterns and attitudes towards alcohol. Of these students, 69.3 percent drank at least once a month, 80.7 percent used coffee or tea, 23.6 percent analgesics, 3 percent antihistamines and marijuana and less than 1 percent sedatives, tranquilizers, stimulants, hallucinogens, cocaine or opiates once a month or more. Law students used caffeine and marijuana significantly more frequently than police students. On the whole, there were more similarities than differences between the two groups in terms of drug consumption. In terms of attitudes, police students felt significantly more than law students that alcoholism was caused by moral weakness and medical illness as shown in the Attitude Towards Alcoholism questionnaire. But significantly more police students (82 percent) than law students (37 percent) felt that it was important to have drug and alcohol education as part of their course of study. Also significantly more police students (58 percent) than law students (24 percent) felt that they were prepared to manage drug or alcohol problems professionally.

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This is the post-print version of an article published in JOURNAL OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE and found at: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0047235283900983
Other research PUBLICATIONS and PAPERS on university students drinking, drug use and health concerns and behaviors can be found at: https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/handle/2022/17130/browse?type=title; https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/handle/2022/17127/browse?type=title and https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/handle/2022/17124/browse?type=title. Further information about the questionnaire, calculations, and the original data base used can be found in the following item records within IUScholarworks repository. Details about the reliability and validity of the SAQ are found at: http://hdl.handle.net/2022/17337; http://hdl.handle.net/2022/17154; http://hdl.handle.net/2022/17181. The classic 1975 copy of the SAQ is found at http://hdl.handle.net/2022/17153. ALL QUESTIONNAIRES developed by Engs are found in the repository at: https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/handle/2022/17141/browse?type=dateissued

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Police, Law students, drug and alcohol use, Australia

Citation

Engs, R. C. and Mulqueeney, K. E. (1983) A SURVEY OF DRUG USE AND ATTITUDES TOWARD DRUGS AMONG MALE LAW STUDENTS AND POLICE TRAINEES IN QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA: A RESEARCH NOTE. Journal of Criminal Justice. 2(1): 57-66, 1983. Retrieved from IUScholarWorks Repository.

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This work is licensed for reuse under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial license. For permission to reuse this work for commercial purposes, please contact Dr. Ruth Engs or the IU Archives.

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Article