TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1989//
TI  - Young Heroin Users and Crime: How Do the 'new Users' Finance Their Habits?
JO  - British journal of criminology
A1  - Jarvis, G
A1  - Parker, Holly
SP  - 175
EP  - 185
VL  - 29
IS  - 2
N2  - 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 /> 
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SN  - 0007-0955
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -