Drug dealers' rational choices on which customers to rip-off

International Journal of Drug Policy

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 251-256

  Jacques, Scott ^a   Allen, Andrea ^b   Wright, Richard ^c  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLAYTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug dealers; Offender decision making; Predation; Rationality; Rip off

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; DRUG DEALER; DRUG TRAFFIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; OFFENDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; DEFENSE MECHANISM; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ATTITUDE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DRUG TRAFFICKING; HUMANS; MISSOURI; POVERTY; RATIONALIZATION;

EID: 84896076433     PISSN: 09553959     EISSN: 18734758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2013.11.010     Document Type: Article

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