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Abstract
Illinois Methamphetamine Risk Model: Predicting an Epidemic
Track: Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice
Author(s): Boyd W Butler, Lex Bitner, Jennifer Gardner
Methamphetamine continues to be a major threat to public safety in Illinois. The reported number of labs seized rose 925 percent from 1997 to 1999. To stay ahead of the epidemic, a Methamphetamine Risk-Model was created to identify potential "hotspots" in the State at risk to the methamphetamine epidemic. By integrating known characteristics of methamphetamine users and Illinois county demographics into a geographical model, high-risk areas having characteristics conducive to methamphetamine use and manufacture can be identified. The risk model serves as a strategic tool that assists law enforcement and communities in forming proactive strategies to combat the insurgence of methamphetamine.
Boyd W Butler
Illinois State Police
400 Iles Park Place, Suite 300
Springfield, IL 62718
USA
Phone: 217/557-2806
Fax: 217/557-2823
E-mail: butler_isp@yahoo.com