RT Article
T1 Committing economic crime for drug money
JF Crime & delinquency
VO 63
IS 4
SP 375
OP 390
A1 Felson, Richard B.
A2 Staff, Jeremy
LA English
YR 2017
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1577274164
AB We examine the effects of the type and frequency of drug use on whether offenders engage in economic crime to obtain money for drugs. Analyses are based on a nationally representative sample of prison inmates (5,371 property offenders and 4,588 drug offenders). Daily users of heroin, crack cocaine, or powdered cocaine are most likely to report that they committed their offense for drug money. However, offenders who used these drugs less frequently and daily users of marijuana and methamphetamine reported this motivation as well. The motivation was more common among offenders who lacked access to legitimate income. The findings suggest that economic crimes are used to support recreational drug use as well as heavy use of heroin and cocaine.
K1 Illegal drug use
K1 Property crime
K1 Drug trafficking
K1 Party lifestyle
K1 Addiction
K1 Drug traffic
K1 Drogenhandel
K1 Eigentumskriminalität
K1 Beschaffungskriminalität
K1 Sucht
DO 10.1177/0011128715591696