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Understanding the developmental relationship between drug use and crime : are drug users the best people to ask ?
(Comprendre la relation complexe et évolutive entre usage de drogues et délinquance : les usagers de drogues sont-ils les mieux à même d'apporter des éléments de réponse ?)
Auteur(s) :
BEST, D. ;
MAN, L. H. ;
GOSSOP, M. ;
HARRIS, J. ;
SIDWELL, C. ;
STRANG, J.
Année :
2001
Page(s) :
151-164
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
18
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Thésaurus mots-clés
CONSOMMATION
;
DELINQUANCE
;
THEORIE
;
DEVIANCE
;
PREMIER USAGE
;
STYLE DE VIE
;
FACTEUR DE VULNERABILITE
;
EPIDEMIOLOGIE ANALYTIQUE
Note générale :
Addiction Research, 2001, 9, (2), 151-164
Note de contenu :
Tab.
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
The study investigates developmental associations in the relationship between drug use and crime among 100 treatment-seeking opiate addicts. While 56% of the sample report having committed 2,785 acquisitive crimes in the previous month, there are strong developmental patterns. Those who have committed crimes before age 14 have earlier onset of tobacco, alcohol, cannabis and cocaine use and a lower first age of heroin problems. This relates to perceptions - those who believe drug use caused crime before the age of 14 have lower age of onset for tobacco and cocaine use and for heroin problems. The developmental patterns suggest strong associations between drug use and crime, but provide no support for a casual model in which drug use leads to crime. (Author's abstract)
Affiliation :
Ntal Addiction Ctr., Inst. Psychiatry, Addiction Sci., 4 Windsor Walk, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF
Royaume-Uni. United Kingdom.
Royaume-Uni. United Kingdom.