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The links between heroin, crack cocaine and crime. Where does street crime fit in? (2005)
(Les liens entre héroïne, crack et crime. Dans quel cadre s'intègre le crime de rue ?)
Auteur(s) :
ALLEN, C.
Année
2005
Page(s) :
355-372
Sous-type de document :
Revue de la littérature / Literature review
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
46
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Résumé :
There has been a wealth of research into the links between heroin, crack cocaine and the committal of crime in general. However, there has been much less research into the links between heroin, crack cocaine and the committal of street crimes. In this paper, I draw on my own research evidence to examine the nature of these links and find that heroin and crack cocaine use was not a direct cause of petty crime such as shoplifting. This is because the onset of participation in petty crimes, such as shoplifting, tends to precede induction into drug use. However, I also find that regular use of heroin and crack cocaine eventually led, and was thus apparently related, to street robbery and snatch theft. I qualify this latter finding by showing how and why street crimes were one-off 'acts of desperation'.
Affiliation :
Centre for Regional Economic and Social Res. (CRESR), Sheffield Hallam Univ., Sheffield, UK
Cote :
A02367