Revolving roles in drug-related crime: The cost of chronic drug users as victims and perpetrators

Journal of Quantitative Criminology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 217-241

  French, Michael T ^a   McCollister, Kathryn E ^a   Kébreau Alexandre, Pierre ^a   Chitwood, Dale D ^a   McCoy, Clyde B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

chronic drug users; cost of crime

Indexed keywords

EID: 4444244357     PISSN: 07484518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOQC.0000037732.00489.ad     Document Type: Article

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