Earning a Score: An Exploration of the Nature and Roles of Heroin and Crack Cocaine 'User-dealers'

British Journal of Criminology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 534-555

  Moyle, Leah ^a   Coomber, Ross ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

addiction; drug dealers; drug supply; heroin markets; problem drug users; social supply

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923381923     PISSN: 00070955     EISSN: 14643529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjc/azu087     Document Type: Article

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