Readings on Drugs and Society The Criminal Connection

by Kelley, Margaret S.

• ISBN13: 9780205439720
• ISBN10: 0205439721
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-10-20
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

This edited volume examines the relationship between drugs and crime. This reader is composed of primary articles, so students can read the most recent research. Selections were chosen for high-interest nature, scholarship, and relevance to the most current issues surrounding drugs and crime today.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Preface	xi
Introduction: Understanding Drugs and Crime	1	(6)
The Drugs--Crime Connection	7	(50)
The Drugs-Crime Relationship: An Analytical Framework	9	(13)
Duane C. McBride
Clyde B. McCoy
Addiction Careers and Criminal Specialization	22	(13)
David Farabee
Vandana Joshi
M. Douglas Anglin
Research on Drugs-Crime Linkages: The Next Generation	35	(22)
Robert MacCoun
Beau Kilmer
Peter Reuter
Discussion Questions	56	(1)
Additional Resources in Research Navigator and in the New York Times	56	(1)
Specific Drugs and Crime	57	(52)
Alcohol: Alcohol, Drugs and Violence	58	(13)
Robert Nash Parker
Kathleen Auerbabn
Marijuana: The Rise of Marijuana as the Drug of Choice Among Youthful Adult Arrestees	71	(14)
Andrew Golub
Bruce D. Johnson
Heroin: Effects of Heroin Prescription on Police Contacts Among Drug-Addicts	85	(4)
Martin Killias
Marcelo Aebi
Denis Ribeaud
Crack/Cocaine: The Influence of Crack Cocaine on Robbery, Burglary, and Homicide Rates: A Cross-City, Longitudinal Analysis	89	(13)
Eric Baumer
Janet L. Lauritsen
Richard Rosenfeld
Richard Wright
Ecstasy: Exploring the Relationship Between Race and Ecstasy Involvement Among a Sample of Arrestees	102	(7)
Blake J. Urbach
K. Michael Reynolds
George S. Yacoubian Jr.
Discussion Questions	108	(1)
Additional Resources in Research Navigator and in the New York Times	108	(1)
Women and Drugs	109	(36)
Women in the Street-Level Drug Economy: Continuity or Change?	110	(15)
Lisa Maher
Kathleen Daly
The Lives of Incarcerated Women: Violence, Substance Abuse, and Risk for HIV	125	(8)
Catherine Ingram Fogel
Michael Belyea
Examining the ``Criminal Careers'' of Prostitutes Within the Nexus of Drug Use, Drug Selling, and Other Illicit Activities	133	(12)
Sheila Royo Maxwell
Christopher D. Maxwell
Discussion Questions	144	(1)
Additional Resources in Research Navigator and in the New York Times	144	(1)
Youth and Drugs	145	(43)
Risk Factors for Delinquency and Illicit Drug Use From Adolescence to Young Adulthood	146	(13)
Denise B. Kandel
Ora Simcha-Fagan
Mark Davies
Street Youth and Criminal Violence	159	(16)
Stephen W. Baron
Timothy F. Hartnagel
Illegal Acts Committed by Adolescents Under the Influence of Alcohol and Drugs	175	(13)
Helene Raskin White
Peter C. Tice
Rolf Loeber
Magda Stouthamer-Loeber
Discussion Questions	186	(1)
Additional Resources in Research Navigator and in the New York Times	187	(1)
Responses to Drugs: Criminal Justice	188	(51)
The Revolving Prison Door for Drug-Involved Offenders: Challenges and Opportunities	190	(14)
Lana D. Harrison
Treatment Alternatives to Street Crime: An Evaluation of Five Programs	204	(12)
M. Douglas Anglin
Douglas Longshore
Susan Turner
Drug Courts: A Conceptual Framework	216	(11)
Douglas Longshore
Susan Turner
Suzanne Wenzel
Andrew Morral
Adele Harrell
Duane McBride
Elizabeth Deschenes
Martin Iguchi
Restorative Justice and a New Criminal Law of Substance Abuse	227	(12)
John Braithwaite
Discussion Questions	237	(1)
Additional Resources in Research Navigator and in the New York Times	237	(2)
Responses to Drugs: Harm Reduction and Treatment	239	(45)
Harm Reduction and Social Policy: Should Addicts be Paid?	241	(5)
Peter Reuter
Robert J. MacCoun
A Cultural Impact of Needle Exchange: The Role of Safer-Injection Mentors	246	(10)
Margaret S. Kelley
Sheigla Murphy
Howard Lune
Disciplining Addictions: The Bio-Politics of Methadone and Heroin in the United States	256	(17)
Philippe Bourgois
Longitudinal Patterns of Treatment Utilization and Outcomes Among Methamphetamine Abusers: A Growth Curve Modeling Approach	273	(11)
Yih-Ing Hser
David Huang
Chib-Ping Chou
Cheryl Teruya
M. Douglas Anglin
Discussion Questions	282	(1)
Additional Resources in Research Navigator and in the New York Times	283	(1)
Topics in Drugs and Crime Research	284	(44)
Victimization: Crime Victimization Among Injection Drug Users	286	(10)
Karen McElrath
Dale D. Chitwood
Mary Comerford
Needle Exchange: Trends in Crime and the Introduction of a Needle Exchange Program	296	(5)
Melissa A. Marx
Byron Crape
Ronald S. Brookmeyer
Benjamin Junge
Carl Latkin
David Vlahov
Steffanie A. Strathdee
Trafficking: Drug Use in the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area of the U.S. Southwest Border	301	(14)
Lana D. Harrison
Nancy J. Kennedy
Markets: The Motives and Mechanics of Operating an Illegal Drug Enterprise	315	(13)
Lise-Marie VanNostrand
Richard Tewksbury
Discussion Questions	328	(1)
Additional Resources in Research Navigator and in the New York Times	328