RT Article
T1 Assessment of a concentrated, high-profile police operation. No discernible impact on drug availability, price or purity
JF The British journal of criminology
VO 41
IS 4
SP 738
OP 745
A2 Gossop, Michael
A2 Strang, John
A2 Beswick, Tracy
LA English
YR 2001
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1639654054
AB Two weeks after the start of a major police initiative targeting drug dealing in London (described by the Metropolitan Police as a spectacular success'), 174 street drug users were interviewed about drug price, availability and purity. Only seven users reported price increases for any drug, with the majority stating that there had been no change in any market features. This basic pattern was not influenced by whether the users were aware of the operation, whether they lived in the areas directly affected or by the number of different dealers that they used to purchase their drugs. Paradoxically, any perceived changes were more likely to be improvements' in the market than deterioration (i.e. lower price, greater availability and higher levels of purity). There is limited evidence from the current study to support the assertion that targeted policing will impact on the accessibility, price or quality of heroin, cannabis or crack cocaine
K1 Polizeiintervention
K1 Drogenmarkt