Heroin and Property Crime: An Australian Perspective
- 1 April 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Drug Issues
- Vol. 16 (2) , 249-262
- https://doi.org/10.1177/002204268601600211
Abstract
The study described in this article was based on the interviews of 225 prison property offenders in New South Wales gaols. It provides information on the relationship between the commission of crimes, such as armed robbery and burglary, and the regular use of heroin, as well as profiling the behaviour of one identifiable sample of users.Keywords
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