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- All Subjects: Maricopa County (Ariz.)
- Creators: Maricopa County (Ariz.)
- Creators: Rodriguez, Nancy
Activities Report for the justice and law enforcement entities of Maricopa County. Each department provides information to communicate the magnitude of their contribution to the county justice system.
The purpose of this report is to examine methamphetamine use among adult arrestees and juvenile detainees in Maricopa County, Arizona. We relied on data from the Arizona Arrestee Reporting Information Network (AARIN) to address the following five questions:
1. What percent of adult arrestees are methamphetamine users and what are their social characteristics?
2. What is the relationship between methamphetamine use and arresting offense?
3. What is the relationship between methamphetamine use by parents and the presence of children in the household?
4. What percent of methamphetamine users are receiving treatment for their drug use?
5. What percent of juvenile detainees are methamphetamine users and what are their social and legal characteristics?