A Tale of Two Cities: Understanding Differences in Levels of Heroin/Crack Market-Related Violence—A Two City Comparison

Criminal Justice Review

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 7-31

  Coomber, Ross ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

agency; commuting; crack; cuckooing; cutting; drug market; heroin; minimally commercial supply; reciprocal renting; social supply; structure; user dealer; violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923356758     PISSN: 07340168     EISSN: 15563839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734016814565817     Document Type: Article

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