Drug-Crime Connections (Cambridge Studies in Criminology) - Hardcover

Bennett, Trevor; Holloway, Katy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521867576 ISBN 13: 9780521867573

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2007

Synopsis

Drug-Crime Connections challenges the assumption that there is a widespread association between drug use and crime. Instead, it argues that there are many highly specific connections. Trevor Bennett and Katy Holloway draw together in a single volume a wide range of findings from a study of nearly 5,000 arrestees interviewed as part of the New English and Welsh Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring (NEW-ADAM) program. They investigate specific drug-crime connections and other topics, such as gender and drugs, ethnicity and drugs, gangs, guns, drug markets, and treatment needs.

About this title

Book Description

The book examines the connections between drug misuse and crime. Based on the results of nearly 5,000 interviews from the New English and Welsh Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring (NEW-ADAM) program, it explores specific drug-crime connections and sometimes ignored topics such as gender, ethnicity, gangs, guns, drug markets, and treatment needs.

About the Author

Dr. Trevor Bennett is Professor of Criminology and Director of the Centre for Criminology at the University of Glamorgan. He has published widely in the area of drug use and crime, most recently as co-author of Understanding Drugs, Alcohol and Crime (2005) with Katy Holloway and as a contributor to Substance Use and Misuse, the British Journal of Criminology and the Journal of Psychoactive Drugs.

Dr. Katy Holloway is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Criminology, University of Glamorgan. She is also a Lecturer on the M.Sc. in Criminology and Criminal Justice program. She has published widely in the area of drug use and crime, most recently as co-author of Understanding Drugs, Alcohol and Crime (2005) with Trevor Bennett and as a contributor to Substance Use and Misuse, the British Journal of Criminology and the Journal of Psychoactive Drugs.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0521867576
• ISBN 13: 9780521867573
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 362