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Toward the operationalization of drug market stability: an illustration using arrestee data from crack cocaine markets in four urban communities
(Vers une stabilisation du marché de la drogue : illustration à partir des données des arrestations du marché du crack cocaine dans quatre communautés urbaines)
Auteur(s) :
TAYLOR, B. ;
BROWNSTEIN H. H.
Année
2003
Page(s) :
73-98
Langue(s) :
Anglais
ISBN :
0022-0426
Refs biblio. :
47
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
MAR (Marchés / Markets)
Note générale :
Journal of Drug Issues, 2003, 33, 73-98
Note de contenu :
tabl.
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
Despite the hypothesized link between the stability of drug markets and violence, drug market stability has yet to be operationally defined. Our aim in this paper is to demonstrate the need for reliable and valid measures of drug market stability and to test preliminary measures of market stability using existing data. Using calendar year 2000 data from interviews with 1,440 respondents from the Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring (ADAM) program in four cities (Manhattan, Chicago, Portland, and San Diego), we illustrate that it is possible to operationally define the relative stability of these illegal markets. Capitalizing on the existence of comparable data collected from arrestee respondents in the same four cities in 1995, we illustrate how researchers might measure change in market stability over time and space. Our illustrations using these data suggest that drug market stability is not a simple and singular phenomenon, but rather a complex concept requiring multiple measures to elucidate. (Author's abstract.)
Affiliation :
Natl Inst. Justice, 810 Seventh St., NW, Room 6318, Washington, DC 20531
Etats-Unis. United States.
Etats-Unis. United States.