Table 1 Offender participant demographics
Number | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|
Age | ||
< 18 | 3 | 7 |
19–21 | 32 | 71 |
22–24 | 8 | 18 |
25–27 | 1 | 2 |
28–30 | 0 | 0 |
31+ | 1 | 2 |
Ethnicity | ||
Black | 35 | 78 |
Coloured | 9 | 20 |
White | 1 | 2 |
Citizenship | ||
South African | 43 | 96 |
Zimbabwean | 2 | 4 |
Length of drug use prior to incarceration | ||
Did not use | 6 | 13 |
0–11 months | 6 | 13 |
1–2 years | 2 | 4 |
3–4 years | 16 | 36 |
5–6 years | 4 | 9 |
7+ years | 4 | 9 |
Types of drug used before incarceration | ||
Alcohol | 5 | 9 |
Cannabis | 3 | 5 |
Heroin | 3 | 5 |
Crack cocaine | 3 | 5 |
Mandrax | 3 | 5 |
Poly substances | 38 | 69 |
Highest level of education | ||
Grade 1 | 1 | 2 |
Grade 2 | 0 | 0 |
Grade 3 | 1 | 2 |
Grade 4 | 1 | 2 |
Grade 5 | 2 | 4 |
Grade 6 | 1 | 2 |
Grade 7 | 0 | 0 |
Grade 8 | 6 | 13 |
Grade 9 | 7 | 16 |
Grade 10 | 18 | 40 |
Grade 11 | 2 | 4 |
Grade 12 | 3 | 7 |
College | 1 | 2 |
Unknown | 2 | 4 |
Prior incarceration | ||
Yes | 19 | 42 |
No | 26 | 58 |
How many years in prior incarceration (years) | ||
0 | 24 | 58 |
1 | 4 | 9 |
2 | 9 | 20 |
3 | 4 | 9 |
4 | 1 | 2 |
5+ | 1 | 2 |
Time spent in current sentence (years) | ||
< 1 | 21 | 47 |
1–2 | 19 | 42 |
3–4 | 5 | 11 |
5+ | 0 | 0 |
Remaining current sentence time (years) | ||
< 1 | 17 | 38 |
1–2 | 18 | 40 |
3–4 | 5 | 11 |
5+ | 2 | 4 |
7+ | 3 | 7 |