Using the Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring (ADAM) program to further understand the relationship between drug use and gang membership

Justice Quarterly

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 58-88

  Katz, Charles M ^a   Webb, Vincent J ^a   Decker, Scott H ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY WEST   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring program; Drug use; Gang membership

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844539869     PISSN: 07418825     EISSN: 17459109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0741882042000333645     Document Type: Article

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