Predicting methamphetamine and other drug offending: Evidence from a rural country drug court

Abstract

Arrests resulting from drug-related offending from January through December
2007 were compared between an urban and a rural county, both in the Midwest. Marijuana and methamphetamine were found to explain significantly more drugrelated arrests in both counties with methamphetamine accounting for a significantly higher percentage of rural than urban drug arrests after controlling for the differences in total population sizes of the two counties (x²= 10.26, 2 df, p < 0.01). A descriptive parsimonious socioeconomic and demographic profile was established for the typical methamphetamine/mral drug offenders.