A Systems Dynamic Model for Drug Abuse and Drug-Related Crime in the Western Cape Province of South Africa

Farai Nyabadza; Lezanie Coetzee

doi:10.1155/2017/4074197

A Systems Dynamic Model for Drug Abuse and Drug-Related Crime in the Western Cape Province of South Africa

Farai Nyabadza, Lezanie Coetzee

Stellenbosch University

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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.

Original language	English
Article number	4074197
Journal	Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine
Volume	2017
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/4074197
Publication status	Published - 2017
Externally published	Yes

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Modeling and Simulation
General Biochemistry,Genetics and Molecular Biology
General Immunology and Microbiology
Applied Mathematics

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