DRUG MISUSE AND CRIME (FROM THE IMPORTANCE OF NARCOTICS IN RELATION TO CRIMINALITY, 1975 - SEE NCJ-30653)

• NCJ Number: 20653
• Author(s): J MOTT
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 29 pages
• Corporate Author: Place Broglie
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: France

Annotation

THIS ARTICLE IS A REVIEW OF THE RESEARCH IN EUROPE ON POSSIBLE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN DRUG USE AND CRIMINAL INVOLVEMENT.

Abstract

THE AUTHOR FOCUSES ON RESEARCH STUDIES CONDUCTED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM WHICH EMPLOYED A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT SAMPLE POPULATIONS. SHE CONCLUDES THAT THE EVIDENCE OF LINKS BETWEEN DRUG USE AND CRIME TENDS TO SHOW COEXISTENCE RATHER THAN CASUAL RELATIONSHIP. SHE NOTES, THAT THE EVIDENCE ALSO DEMONSTRATES A HIGH INCIDENCE OF CRIMINAL INVOLVEMENT BY DRUG USERS SINCE DRUG USE IS ITSELF AN ILLICIT ACTIVITY. THE AUTHOR OFFERS A NUMBER OF THEORETICAL EXPLANATIONS FOR THESE AND OTHER FINDINGS OF HER STUDIES WITH EXTENSIVE REFERENCES. ALSO AVAILABLE IN FRENCH....TWH