Abstract
The relationship between drugs and crime is a highly complex one, with no clear-cut conclusion despite hundreds of scientific studies examining this connection. The theoretical approaches explaining the drug–crime link are the psychopharmacological approach, the economic-compulsive approach, and the systemic approach. The relationships between drugs, both legal and illegal, and various types of crime are highly complicated, and drug use is one factor among many that may lead to criminal activity. The extent and precise nature of the drug–crime connection remains open to further investigation.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | The Encyclopedia of Theoretical Criminology |
| Publisher | wiley |
| Pages | 1-4 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781118517390 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780470658444 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Jan 2014 |
Keywords
- Alcohol
- Crime
- Drugs