RT Article
T1 The Replacements: The Effect of Incarcerating Drug Offenders on First-Time Drug Sales Offending
JF Crime & delinquency
VO 67
IS 3
SP 449
OP 471
A1 Torres, Christopher E.
A2 D'Alessio, Stewart J.
A2 Stolzenberg, Lisa
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1745561080
AB It is proffered that incarcerating offenders will not attenuate criminal activity because new offenders are readily available to supplant those who are imprisoned. This situation, referred to as offender replacement, is mostly applicable for drug selling crimes where a market for illegal drugs exists. We hypothesize that if the incarceration of established drug offenders attenuates competition and creates a fertile environment for novice drug dealers to enter the market, a rise in the drug incarceration rate should increase the likelihood of first-time drug selling behavior. Using a multilevel modeling procedure, we find that a one-unit increase in the drug incarceration rate results in a 15% rise in the odds of a first-time offender being prosecuted for a drug-selling crime.
K1 Drug dealing
K1 Drug incarceration
K1 Drug sales offending
K1 multilevel modeling
K1 Offender replacement
DO 10.1177/0011128720968507