A Long-Term Program of Research on Drug Use and Crime
- 1 January 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Substance Use & Misuse
- Vol. 33 (9) , 1817-1837
- https://doi.org/10.3109/10826089809059323
Abstract
This paper describes the major findings emanating from a long-term research program conducted in Baltimore, Maryland, on the drugs-crime relationship. It is the compilation of experiences, studies, and findings related to the research career of David N. Nurco, D.S.W., and his colleagues. Covering a period of over 30 years, the program of research, described in the report from the personal perspective of Dr. Nurco, has moved from the study of the nature and correlates of narcotic drug use to the development of data-based interventions. Topics investigated involve many aspects of narcotic addiction, including the relationship between addiction status and crime rates; changes in addict behavior over time; individual variation among addicts in the type, frequency, and severity of crime; and an examination of the early adolescent behavior of males who eventually become narcotic addicts in contrast to that of their never-addicted peers. It concludes with a description of the program's ongoing research, principally dealing with community-based interventions. [Translations are provided in the International Abstracts Section of this issue.]Keywords
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