Drugs and Crime

Lisa Anne Zilney

doi:10.1002/9781118517390.wbetc163

Drugs and Crime

Lisa Anne Zilney

Justice Studies

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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
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	https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118517390.wbetc163
State	Published - 1 Jan 2014

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Keywords

Alcohol
Crime
Drugs

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