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Willits, Dale; Broidy, Lisa; Denman, Kristine – Crime & Delinquency, 2013
Prior research has identified a link between schools (particularly high schools) and neighborhood crime rates. However, it remains unclear whether the relationship between schools and crime is a reflection of other criminogenic dynamics at the neighborhood level or whether schools influence neighborhood crime patterns independently of other…
Descriptors: Crime, Risk, Neighborhoods, Elementary Schools
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Felson, Richard B.; Bonkiewicz, Luke – Crime & Delinquency, 2013
This article examines the relationship between gun possession and the nature of an offender's involvement in drug markets. The analyses are based on data obtained from drug offenders who participated in the 1997 Survey of Inmates of State and Federal Correctional Facilities. The authors find that participants in crack-cocaine markets are more…
Descriptors: Weapons, Cocaine, Marijuana, Narcotics
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Griffin, Marie L.; Rodriguez, Nancy – Crime & Delinquency, 2011
Previous studies examining how gender structures women's opportunities to engage in the street-level drug economy have provided insight into the changing nature of illicit drug markets and women's roles within this illegitimate economy. Using national data from the Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring program, this study adds to the existing body of…
Descriptors: Crime, Females, Narcotics, Drug Abuse
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Fisher, Dennis G.; Milroy, Michael E.; Reynolds, Grace L.; Klahn, Jennifer A.; Wood, Michele M. – Crime & Delinquency, 2004
This study explored associations between ever having been arrested and other variables among 490 male drug users. Participants were classified into three groups based on recent sexual history: men who had not had sex (NOSEX), men who had had sex with women (HETERO), and men who had had sex with men (MSM). We found that MSM who had been arrested…
Descriptors: Narcotics, Correctional Institutions, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Screening Tests