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The role of drugs in crime: insights from a group of incoming prisoners
(Le rôle de la drogue dans la criminalité : aperçu d'un groupe de nouveaux prisonniers)
Auteur(s) :
LO, C. C. ;
STEPHENS, R. C.
Année
2002
Page(s) :
121-131
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
7
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Thésaurus mots-clés
DEPENDANCE
;
CRIMINALITE
;
PRISON
;
REPRESENTATION SOCIALE
Thésaurus géographique
ETATS-UNIS
Note générale :
Substance Use and Misuse, 2002, 37, (1), 121-131
Note de contenu :
tabl.
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
The present study was designed to evaluate whether drug dependence is associated with any specific perception of the role of drugs in crime. In the summers of 1997 and 1998, face-to-face interviews were conducted with members of a group of incoming prisoners at the Cuyahoga County Jail in Cleveland, Ohio. "Incoming prisoners" denotes persons whose criminal cases had been adjudicated and who were on their way to one of Ohio's prisons. Respondents were asked whether they themselves perceived that drugs had been a factor in the crimes for which they had been arrested. Those respondents classified as dependent on at least one illicit drug tended to answer affirmatively. This sub-group was also more likely than their non-dependent counterparts to admit to using drugs in the two days following the commission of their crimes. Specifically, these respondents viewed the need to obtain drugs for personal use as one of their main motives for participating in crime. (Editor's abstract.)
Affiliation :
Univ. Akron, Dept. Sociol., Akron, OH 44325-1905. E-mail : Lo@uakron.edu
Etats-Unis. United States.
Etats-Unis. United States.