Changing Patterns of Drug Abuse and Criminality Among Crack Cocaine Users in New York City, 1988-1989 / Jeffrey Fagan, Steven Belenko, Bruce D. Johnson.

Format:

Datafile

Contributor:

Fagan, Jeffrey.

Belenko, Steven.

Johnson, Bruce D.

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research.

Series:

ICPSR (Series) ; 9670.

ICPSR ; 9670

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crack (Drug)--New York (State)--New York.

Drug abuse--New York (State)--New York.

Drug addicts--New York (State)--New York.

Criminal behavior--New York (State)--New York.

Criminal behavior.

Drug addicts.

Drug abuse.

Crack (Drug).

New York (State)--New York.

Genre:

Academic theses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

ICPSR Version, 2005-11-04.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor, Mich. : Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1992.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

data file

Summary:

This collection examines the characteristics of users and sellers of crack cocaine and the impact of users and sellers on the criminal justice system and on drug treatment and community programs. Information was also collected concerning users of drugs other than crack cocaine and the attributes of those users. Topics covered include initiation into substance use and sales, expenses for drug use, involvement with crime, sources of income, and primary substance of abuse. Demographic information includes subject's race, educational level, living area, social setting, employment status, occupation, marital status, number of children, place of birth, and date of birth. Information was also collected about the subject's parents: education level, occupation, and place of birth.

Contents:

Part 1: Data File

Notes:

Title from ICPSR DDI metadata of 2006-09-15.

Start: 1984-01; and end: 1989-12.

OCLC:

61163401

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.