spacer
spacer
spacer
spacer
BJS U.S. Department of Justice
Bureau of Justice Statistics
Office of Justice Programs seal
To the BJS
home page

Publications

What's new

Substance Abuse and Treatment of State and Federal Prisoners, 1997

Presents data from the 1997 Survey of Inmates in Adult State and Federal Correctional Facilities concerning prisoners' use of alcohol and illegal drugs and the substance abuse treatment they received. Numeric tables present data on prior alcohol and drug abuse by type of drug, type of offense, severity of prior substance abuse, and other offender characteristics. Tables include trends in the levels of substance abuse and treatment reported by prisoners since the last national survey was conducted in 1991. Data on the incidence of various alcohol/drug-related behaviors, such as domestic disputes and driving under the influence, are also included along with numeric tables on the prevalence of alcohol dependence, as well as the types of treatment and other substance abuse programs in prisons. 1/99 NCJ 172871

Press release (6K) | Acrobat file (137K) | ASCII file (85K)
Spreadsheets (zip format) (43 K) | Codebooks & data sets
To order paper version

Help for using BJS products



Return to the BJS home page| Go to the top of this page


Bureau of Justice Statistics
U.S. Department of Justice
www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs
Send comments to askbjs@ojp.usdoj.gov
Page last revised on January 5, 1999