The Relationship between Drug-Related Incidents and Violent Incidents in
Correctional Facilities
Abstract
This researcher collected data using a deputy report writing system
(DRWS). The system allows for the exact collection of data about deputy
sheriff reports in the target population. Specifically, this researcher
collected and analyzed data, using an Excel’s Statistical Analysis
Tool, about the number of deputy reports documenting battery incidents
among inmates (e.g., assault and battery), resisting incidents (e.g.,
delay correctional staff and resist officer), drug-related incidents
(e.g., possession of drugs/ alcohol and found narcotic reports), crisis
intervention incidents (e.g., attempt suicide and harm-to-others due to
mental illness), and miscellaneous reports (e.g., theft and vandalism).
Except for confidential reports (reports that are not open to the
public) and supplemental reports (follow-up reports for original
incidents), this study examined all reports generated by deputy sheriffs
in the correctional setting, for the target population, over a 27-week
period. The target population for the study are adult inmates inside one
Southwestern jail system in the United States.