Drug-crime connections
By: Trevor Bennett, Katy Holloway.
Contributors: Holloway, Katy.
Series: Cambridge studies in criminology
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 362
ISBN-13: 9780521867573; 9780521687140
Subjects: Drug abuse and crime -- Great Britain; Prisoners -- Drug testing -- Great Britain; Interviewing in law enforcement -- Great Britain
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Background; title: Research methods; title: Drug misuse among arrestees; title: Drugs and health; title: Drugs and crime; title: Disaggregating the drugs-crime relationship; title: Multiple drug use and crime; title: Users' perceptions of the drugs-crime link; title: Gender, drugs, and crime; title: Ethnicity, drugs, and crime; title: Gangs and gang members; title: Gun possession and use; title: Drug markets; title: Assisted desistance and treatment needs; title: International comparisons; title: Conclusions.