Date of Award
2000
Document Type
Project
Degree Name
Master of Arts in Criminal Justice
Department
Criminal Justice
Abstract
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.
Recommended Citation
Keesling, James Richard, "An evaluation of the drugs crime nexus, legalization of drugs, drug enforcement, and drug treatment rehabilitation" (2000). Theses Digitization Project. 1697.
https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1697
