Previous Arrests and Prison History - NZ-ADAM

Among participants, just over a third (34%) reported that they had not been arrested at all during the previous 12 months; 51% reported having been arrested between 1 and 5 times in the previous 12 months; and 10% report having been arrested between 6 and 10 times in that period. Almost 4% reported having been arrested more than 10 times in the previous 12 months. Details are shown in Figure 16.

Participants also reported whether they had been in prison during the last 12 months. Two percent (2%) reported having been in prison during this period for a drug offence and a further 18% reported having been in prison for other offences.

Figure 16: Number of Previous Arrests in Last 12 Months (n=960) 

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