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Eck, John E.

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Drug markets and drug places: A case-control study of the spatial structure of illicit drug dealing.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Drug markets and drug places: A case-control study of the spatial structure of illicit drug dealing./
Author:	Eck, John E.
Description:	450 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 56-01, Section: A, page: 0365.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International56-01A.
Subject:	Sociology, Criminology and Penology. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=9514517

Drug markets and drug places: A case-control study of the spatial structure of illicit drug dealing.
Eck, John E.

Drug markets and drug places: A case-control study of the spatial structure of illicit drug dealing. - 450 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 56-01, Section: A, page: 0365.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Maryland, College Park, 1994.

Though retail drug dealing is of considerable public policy concern, there are no studies of the physical locations at which illicit drugs are sold. Environmental criminologists have studied a variety of predatory crimes to determine which places have greater chances of being crime sites than others and to understand how criminal offenders choose targets for their crimes. This study seeks to determine if there are systematic differences between places used for drug dealing and places that are not used for these purposes. Starting with an elaboration of routine activity theory, a model describing decisionmaking by drug dealers, drug buyers and place managers is developed to explain the geography of drug dealing. This is the segmented model of the geography of drug dealing. Based on a rational choice perspective, the segmented model asserts that drug dealers and customers interact to form drug markets along major arterial routes and near other areas used heavily for routine legitimate activities. Then within drug market areas, the segmented model claims that drug dealers and place managers interact in place markets. This influences the selection of places used for drug dealing. Drug dealers are predicted to seek out locations with weak place management, physical security, and customer access. A case-control study was used to test this model using data from San Diego, California. Crack cocaine, powder cocaine, and heroin dealing are located near arterial routes, as predicted. Methamphetamine dealing is slightly less likely to be associated with arterial routes. Bivariate and multivariate analysis of the case-control data largely confirm the segmented model's predictions for drug dealing places. Data describing crack cocaine, powder cocaine, and heroin dealing place closely fit the segmented model's predictions. Data describing methamphetamine and marijuana dealing did not fit the segmented model as well. The reasons for these differences are discussed along with the theoretical and policy implications of the findings.Subjects--Topical Terms:

1017569
Sociology, Criminology and Penology.

Drug markets and drug places: A case-control study of the spatial structure of illicit drug dealing.
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