Table 2.
Reasons for being in custody for cases and non-cases
| Cases | AUDIT positive—did not consent to trial (non-cases) | AUDIT negative—ineligible for trial (non-cases) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reason for arrest | N | % | N | % | N | % |
| Acquisitive (burglary/theft) | 49 | 23.9 | 30 | 16.6 | 112 | 33.7 |
| Violence | 42 | 20.5 | 48 | 26.5 | 64 | 19.3 |
| Drink-related | 28 | 13.7 | 25 | 13.8 | 14 | 4.2 |
| Other | 23 | 11.2 | 12 | 6.6 | 27 | 8.1 |
| Public order | 17 | 8.3 | 20 | 11.0 | 30 | 9.0 |
| Criminal damage | 12 | 5.9 | 14 | 7.7 | 17 | 5.1 |
| Unknown | 12 | 5.9 | 6 | 3.3 | 7 | 2.1 |
| Drug-related | 11 | 5.4 | 10 | 5.5 | 28 | 8.4 |
| Sexual offences | 4 | 2.0 | 5 | 2.8 | 11 | 3.3 |
| Administrative | 4 | 2.0 | 9 | 5.0 | 10 | 3.0 |
| Driving-related | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 1.1 | 7 | 2.1 |
| Domestic violence | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 1.5 |
| Total | 205 | 100 | 181 | 100 | 332 | 100 |
Note: Non-cases are arrestees who met the eligibility criteria and provided verbal consent to screening but were not included in the trial, because either (i) they did not score positive on AUDIT or (ii) they did score positive on AUDIT but did not provide written consent.