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Drug Use and Crime in Australia
Author(s) -
Wardlaw Grant
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
australian journal of social issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1839-4655
pISSN - 0157-6321
DOI - 10.1002/j.1839-4655.1981.tb00697.x
Subject(s) - project commissioning , criminology , publishing , drug , criminal offence , criminal behaviour , sample (material) , psychology , political science , psychiatry , criminal law , law , chemistry , chromatography
Data are reported from a study of the criminal histories of a large sample of recent drug offenders in Australia. A substantial percentage of the group had been convicted for a criminal offence prior to their first drug offence. The results suggest caution should be exercised in the degree to which criminal activity is attributed to involvement with expensive drugs.