"Getting high and getting by": Dimensions of drug selling behaviors among American Mexican gang members in South Texas

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 82-105

  Valdez, Avelardo ^a,b   Sifaneck, Stephen J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug selling and dealing; Gangs; Mexican Americans

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DRUG ABUSE PATTERN; DRUG TRAFFIC; FAMILY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OFFENDER; PRISON; PROFIT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0347628885     PISSN: 00224278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022427803256231     Document Type: Article

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