Law enforcement agencies are faced with the problem of how to reduce crime in the most economical method possible without violating the law. Since drug offenders also engage in a disproportionate amount of non-drug crime, then drug enforcement is considered as an acceptable general crime control method. Unfortuantely, this is an expensive option because incarcerating offenders is both costly and ony a short-term solution to the problem. A review of existing research examining the prior criminal histories of drug offenders compared to their previous involvement in violent and property crime is conducted to evaluate this relationship.
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:csusb.edu/oai:scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu:etd-project-2697 |
Date | 01 January 2000 |
Creators | Keesling, James Richard |
Publisher | CSUSB ScholarWorks |
Source Sets | California State University San Bernardino |
Detected Language | English |
Type | text |
Format | application/pdf |
Source | Theses Digitization Project |
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