Drugs and Crime

  • Lisa Anne Zilney

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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 languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Encyclopedia of Theoretical Criminology
Publisherwiley
Pages1-4
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781118517390
ISBN (Print)9780470658444
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2014

Keywords

  • Alcohol
  • Crime
  • Drugs

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