RT Article
T1 Behavioral Indicators of Drug Carrying in Open Spaces
JF International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology
VO 63
IS 3
SP 448
OP 470
A1 Meehan, Nathan
A1 Garinther, Alexander
A1 McClary, Michael
LA English
YR 2019
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1667567543
AB This article identifies and describes a set of behavioral indicators associated with illegal drug carrying in public spaces. Through the use of focus group data, our research documents and translates the visual search techniques that veteran law enforcement and drugs experts report using in their work. Here, we catalogue these findings into 10 overarching categories, and discuss how each indicator may be incorporated into an officer's visual search. Knowledge of these indicators, when combined with proper training and an understanding of a public space, can help law enforcement identify persons who may be carrying drugs. The ability to identify drug-carrying individuals facilitates the interdiction and apprehension of offenders, and also protects the civil rights and liberties of the law-abiding public.
K1 Law enforcement
K1 Offender profiling
K1 Narcotics interdiction
K1 Visual search
K1 Criminal behavior
DO 10.1177/0306624X18791954