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Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring (ADAM) Project

 Principal investigator: 

Robert H. Langworthy

Other project personnel: 

Matthew Giblin, Cassie Atwell, Brad Myrstol

Project dates: 

1999-2003

 JC#: 

0001

 Agency: 

Abt Associates; National Opinion Research
Center (NORC); National Institute of Justice

 Project amount: 

Approximately $32,000 per calendar quarter

 Project status: 

Closed
 

See also:    
> Drugs & drug abuse  
In 1987, the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) initiated the Drug Use Forecasting (DUF) program to track trends in the prevalence and types of drug use among booked arrestees in urban areas. DUF, the predecessor of the Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring (ADAM) program, operated in 23 cities around the country. ADAM, initiated in 1998, currently operates in 35 data collection sites. Anchorage was one of 12 sites added to the ADAM system in 1998.
     As part of the nationwide ADAM program, the Justice Center collects data on the prevalence and types of drug use among booked arrestees in Anchorage during four two-week periods each year, once per quarter. Data is collected by Justice Center interviewers at Cook Inlet Pretrial and Anchorage Jail.
     ADAM is a multi-site data collection network and data processing and dissemination program. ADAM sites collect data under a centralized system that includes rigorously standardized procedures, minimum requirements for interviewers, and on-going accountability at all data collection sites. At each ADAM site, trained interviewers collect voluntary and anonymous interviews and urine specimens from adult male and female booked arrestees. (In some sites, juvenile male and female booked arrestees are also interviewed. Anchorage is not one of these sites.)
     The National Opinion Research Center (NORC) managed the ADAM program operations under contract to the National Institute of Justice after the fourth quarter of 2001. Prior to that, program operations were managed by Abt Associates.


Products

Atwell, Cassie and Giblin, Matthew J. (Spring 2000). "Drug Use Among Arrestees in Anchorage." Alaska Justice Forum 17(1): 1, 7-8.

Giblin, Matthew J. (Fall 2001). "Aspects of Drug Use: Arrestees in Anchorage, 2000." Alaska Justice Forum 18(3): 1, 6-8.

Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage. (Winter 2003). "ADAM in an International Context." Alaska Justice Forum 19(4): 2.

———. (Spring 2005). "Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring (ADAM)." Alaska Justice Forum 22(1): 7. A bibliography.

Langworthy, Robert H. and McKelvie, Alan R. (Spring 2005). "Drugs and Crime in Anchorage: A Note." Alaska Justice Forum 22(1): 7.

———. (May 2005). "Drugs and Crime in Anchorage, Alaska: A Note." Justice Center Working Papers 3.

———. (May 2005). "Seasonal Use of Marijuana and Cocaine by Arrestees in Anchorage, Alaska." Justice Center Working Papers 2.

Myrstol, Brad A. (Winter 2003). "Alcohol Use Among Anchorage Arrestees." Alaska Justice Forum 19(4): 3-4.

———. (Winter 2003). "Drug Use Trends Among Anchorage Arrestees: 1999-2001." Alaska Justice Forum 19(4): 1, 10-12.

———. (Spring 2003). "Non-Citizens Among Anchorage Arrestees." Alaska Justice Forum 20(1): 7-10.

Myrstol, Brad A. and Langworthy, Robert H. (Mar 2005). "ADAM-Anchorage Data: Are They Representative?" Justice Center Working Papers 1.

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