A systems dynamic model for drug abuse and drug-related crime in the Western Cape Province of South Africa
| dc.contributor.author | Nyabadza, Farai | en_ZA |
| dc.contributor.author | Coetzee, Lezanie | en_ZA |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-01-17T14:17:10Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-01-17T14:17:10Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017 | |
| dc.description | CITATION: Nyabadza, F. & Coetzee, L. 2017. A systems dynamic model for drug abuse and drug-related crime in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine, 2017:1-14 (Article ID 4074197), doi:10.1155/2017/4074197. | |
| dc.description | The original publication is available at http://www.hindawi.com/journals/cmmm | |
| dc.description | Publication of this article was funded by the Stellenbosch University Open Access Fund. | |
| dc.description.abstract | The complex problem of drug abuse and drug-related crimes in communities in the Western Cape province cannot be studied in isolation but through the system they are embedded in. In this paper, a theoretical model to evaluate the syndemic of substance abuse and drug-related crimes within the Western Cape province of South Africa is constructed and explored. The dynamics of drug abuse and drug-related crimes within the Western Cape are simulated using STELLA software. The simulation results are consistent with the data from SACENDU and CrimeStats SA, highlighting the usefulness of such a model in designing and planning interventions to combat substance abuse and its related problems. | en_ZA |
| dc.description.uri | https://www.hindawi.com/journals/cmmm/2017/4074197/abs/ | |
| dc.description.version | Publisher's version | |
| dc.format.extent | 14 pages | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Nyabadza, F. & Coetzee, L. 2017. A systems dynamic model for drug abuse and drug-related crime in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine, 2017:1-14 (Article ID 4074197), doi:10.1155/2017/4074197. | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1748-6718 (online) | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1748-670X (print) | |
| dc.identifier.other | doi:10.1155/2017/4074197 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/103043 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_ZA | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | Hindawi Publishing Corporation | |
| dc.rights.holder | Authors retain copyright | |
| dc.subject | Drug abuse and crime -- South Africa -- Western Cape | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Mathematical models | en_ZA |
| dc.title | A systems dynamic model for drug abuse and drug-related crime in the Western Cape Province of South Africa | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Article | en_ZA |