Toward the operationalization of drug market stability: An illustration using arrestee data from crack cocaine markets in four urban communities

Journal of Drug Issues

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 73-98

  Taylor, Bruce G ^a   Brownstein, Henry H ^b  

^a Caliber Associate   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG TRAFFIC; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OFFENDER; RELIABILITY; RESEARCH; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0037412860     PISSN: 00220426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002204260303300104     Document Type: Article

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