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The impact of drug enforcement on crime: an investigation of the opportunity cost of police resources
(L'impact de la répression sur le crime : enquête sur l'opportunité du coût des services de police)
Auteur(s) :
BENSON, B. L. ;
LEBURN, I. S. ;
RASMUSSEN, D. W.
Année
2001
Page(s) :
989-1006
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
LOI (Loi et son application / Law enforcement)
Note générale :
Journal of Drug Issues, 2001, 31, (4), 989-1006
Résumé :
The conventional wisdom among the law enforcement community is that drug use causes crime and that stringent enforcement of drug laws is an effective tool to combat property and violent crime. Previous research by some of these authors found that a sharp increase in drug enforcement in Florida during 1984-1989 resulted in a reallocation of police resources which reduced the effectiveness of property crime enforcement and increased the property crime rate. Some have suspected that this result is the product of the very large increase in drug enforcement during this time period and that under "normal" circumstances greater drug enforcement would not result in higher property crime. This paper rebuts that suspicion. (Author's abstract.)
Affiliation :
De Voe L. Moore Ctr, Florida St. Univ.
Etats-Unis. United States.
Etats-Unis. United States.