Criminality among narcotic addicts in Baltimore
Subtitle: the role of nonnarcotic drugs, 1973-1978
By: prinicipal investigator, David Nurco
Series: ICPSR -- 8604; ICPSR (Series) -- 8604
Publisher: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor
Published: 1980
Place of publication: Ann Arbor, Mich
Language: und
Format: [computer file] :
Number of pages: 18054
Subjects: Drug addicts; Drug abuse and crime
Description: This study investigated the frequency with which various nonnarcotic substances were used by male narcotic addicts and the relation of these substances to different types of criminal activity during periods of active addiction and periods of non- addiction. The variables were designed to facilitate an analysis of narcotic addicts as crime risks, patterns of nonnarcotic drug use, and the percentage of illegal income addicts obtained during periods of addiction compared with periods of nonaddiction. Information is included concerning types of narcotic drug use, crime patterns, and use of marijuana, cocaine, barbiturates, amphetamines, and Librium.
Notes: Survey data.

Holding archive: Criminal Justice Archive and Information Network.

ICPSR data class: Class IV.

Chronological coverage: 1952-1976; Data collected: July 1973-January 1978.

Personal interviews.

Baltimore, Md.

United States Department of Justice. National Institute of Justice, 82-IJ-CX-0031.

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Part number: 1 ; part name: Crime Risk ; file structure: rectangular ; case count: 354 ; variable count: approx. 18 ; LRECL: 80 ; records per case: 24.

Part number: 2 ; part name: Drug Use ; file structure: rectangular ; case count: 354 ; variable count: approx. 18 ; LRECL: 80 ; records per case: 24.

Part number: 3 ; part name: Illegal Income ; file structure: rectangular ; case count: 354 ; variable count: 24 ; LRECL: 80 ; records per case: 3.

The sample consists of 354 male narcotic addicts who were selected from a population of 6149 known narcotic offenders arrested by the Baltimore police department between 1952 and 1976. The sample was stratified by race and year of police contact. These 354 sample addicts were selected because they had used addictive narcotic drugs at least four days per week for a period of more than one month. The majority of subjects were heroin addicts.

Universe: Population of known narcotic offenders arrested by the Baltimore police department between 1952 and 1976.

Nurco, David N., Ira H. Cisin, and John C. Ball. "Crime as a Source of Income for Narcotic Addicts." Journal of substance abuse treatment 2 (1985), 113-115.

Shaffer, John W., et al. "The Frequency of Nonnarcotic Drug Use and Its Relationship to Criminal Activity Among Narcotic Addicts." Comprehensive psychiatry, 26:6 (1985), 558-566.

Shaffer, John W., et al. "Patterns of Non-Narcotic Drug Use Among Male Narcotic Addicts." Journal of drug issues. in press.