RT Article
T1 Cocaine and Heroin in Europe 1983-93. A cross-national comparison of trafficking and prices
JF The British journal of criminology
VO 36
IS 2
SP 255
OP 281
A1 Farrell, Graham 1967-
A2 Mansur, Kashifia
A2 Tullis, Melissa
LA English
YR 1996
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1639653546
AB Drug law enforcement aims to reduce the consumption of illicit drugs through reducing supply and increasing prices. Data on cocaine and heroin seizures, prices, and methods of trafficking are presented for 1983-93. Seizures, giving some indirect indicator of trafficking, rose sharply for both drugs in the second half of the the 1980s. Prices of both drugs showed a decline across the decade, and the prices of both drugs seemed to track each other. Data on the primary means of transport of cocaine and heroin into Europe lends support to an explanation of the price patterns in terms of the risk factors these impose for traffickers. The nature of the trafficking, and the mechanism by which enforcement of trafficking laws is intended to impact upon the problem, suggest that the rapid substitution of interdictedtraffickers androutes is highly likely, and that present levels of enforcement will have little deterrent or preventive impact. While the European drug scene is changing rapidly, not least due to political changes, the analysis may retain some general applicability
K1 Heroinhandel
K1 Strassenpreise
K1 Europa
K1 Kokain
K1 Kokainhandel
K1 Heroin