National Survey of Youth in Custody Alternate, Supplemental Survey on Drug and Alcohol Use, [United States], 2008-2009, 2012

The National Survey of Youth in Custody (NSYC) is part of the BJS National Prison Rape Statistics Program to gather mandated data on the incidence of prevalence of sexual assault in juvenile facilities under the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (PREA; P.L. 108-79). The Act requires a 10 percent sample of juvenile facilities to be listed by incidence of sexual assault. Data are collected directly from youth in a private setting using audio computer-assisted self interview (ACASI) technology with a touch-screen laptop and an audio feed to maximize inmate confidentiality and minimize literacy issues. The first year of collection includes nearly 200 juvenile facilities, with an estimated 10,000 completed interviews with youth. The National Survey of Youth in Custody Alternate (NSYC-A) is a supplement to NSYC that collected information on drug and alcohol use by youth in juvenile facilities. The survey was divided into six sections. Section A collected background information, such as age, gender, education level, and whether respondent had stayed overnight in a facility or had forced sexual contact prior to current incarceration. Section B, Facility Perceptions and Victimization, is not included in this dataset. Section C, Drug Use, included whether the respondent had ever used specific types of drugs, frequency of use in the past and immediately before being taken into custody, source of drugs, and symptoms of drug abuse and dependence. Section D, Alcohol Use, captured alcohol dependence and abuse symptoms. Section E, Treatment, focused on drug or alcohol treatment programs respondent had attended prior to being taken into custody. Section F, Family and Peer Background is not included in this dataset. Other items include weights variables and derived variables regarding DSM IV drug dependence symptoms, alcohol and drug use/dependence/abuse status, outliers/illogical responses, and categorized demographic variables.

国家在押青少年调查（NSYC）是联邦司法统计局（BJS）国家监狱性侵统计数据计划的一部分，旨在收集依据2003年《监狱性侵消除法》（PREA；P.L. 108-79）规定的强制数据，以了解青少年设施中性侵发生的普遍性。该法案要求列出10%的青少年设施，依据性侵发生率进行排序。数据通过在私密环境中直接对青少年使用音频计算机辅助自我访谈（ACASI）技术，配备触摸屏笔记本电脑和音频输入，以最大程度地保护囚犯的隐私并降低文字能力问题。首次收集年份涵盖了近200个青少年设施，预计完成了10,000次青少年访谈。国家在押青少年调查替代方案（NSYC-A）是对NSYC的补充，旨在收集青少年在青少年设施中药物和酒精使用的信息。调查分为六个部分。A部分收集背景信息，如年龄、性别、教育水平以及受访者是否曾在设施中过夜或在接受当前监禁之前有被迫性接触。B部分，设施认知与受害情况，不包括在本数据集中。C部分，药物使用，包括受访者是否曾经使用特定类型的药物，使用频率，以及被监禁前后的使用情况，药物来源，以及药物滥用和依赖症状。D部分，酒精使用，记录了酒精依赖和滥用症状。E部分，治疗，关注受访者在被监禁前参加的药物或酒精治疗项目。F部分，家庭和同伴背景，不包括在本数据集中。其他项目包括关于DSM IV药物依赖症状、酒精和药物使用/依赖/滥用状况、异常/不合逻辑的回答以及分类人口统计变量的权重变量和派生变量。