@article{ref1,
title="Young Heroin Users and Crime: How Do the 'new Users' Finance Their Habits?",
journal="British journal of criminology",
year="1989",
author="Jarvis, G and Parker, Holly",
volume="29",
number="2",
pages="175-185",
abstract="This paper examines the drugs-crime connection in relation to the new' heroin users of the 1980s. An analysis of the criminal records of a sample of forty-six London-based heroin users shows that their annual rate of convictions more than doubled following the onset of regular heroin use. During in-depth interviews, the subjects reported financing their habits largely through acquisitive crime'. Week-by-week analysis of their self-reported crime and drug use over a six-month period also revealed a close relationship. The personal and social characteristics of the now greatly expanded population of new' heroin users clearly warrants a reconsideration of penal and treatment policies.<p />",
language="",
issn="0007-0955",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}