Violent crime: A function of drug use or drug enforcement?

Applied Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 681-688

  Resignato, Andrew J ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRIME; DRUG USER; VIOLENCE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034025158     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000368400322291     Document Type: Article

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