RT Article
T1 Policing and public health. Law enforcement and harm minimization in a street-level drug market
JF The British journal of criminology
VO 39
IS 4
SP 488
OP 512
A1 Maher, Lisa
A2 Dixon, David 1954-
LA English
YR 1999
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1640122982
AB This article describes the impact of street-level law enforcement on Australia's principal heroin market. Based on three years of research, including interviews and extended ethnographic fieldwork, it uses data on drug-use, risk practices, crime, and policing to examine the relationship between law enforcement and harm minimization. Findings suggest that the 'successes' of police crackdowns and their impact on drug markets (including threats to public health and community safety as a result of geographical, social, and substance displacement) may be won at substantial costs, raising doubts as to their value
K1 Drogenkontrolle
K1 Polizei
K1 Heroinmarkt
K1 Polizeiliche Bekämpfung
K1 Ökonomik
K1 Drogenkriminalität