Medicinal marijuana production creates problem residential properties: a routine activity theory explanation and a situational crime-prevention solution

Objectives: Illicit production of marijuana on residential properties creates significant health and safety problems. Health Canada grants licences to individuals to produce medicinal marijuana for personal use, conditional on their compliance with all appropriate regulations. Health Canada does not...

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Main Author: Clare, Joseph (Author)
Contributors: Garis, Len ; Maxim, Paul
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2017
In: Canadian journal of criminology and criminal justice
Year: 2017, Volume: 59, Issue: 2, Pages: 143-167
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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