RT Article
T1 The criminality of female narcotics addicts: A causal modeling approach
JF Journal of quantitative criminology
VO 6
IS 2
SP 207
OP 228
A1 Hser, Yih-Ing
A1 Chou, Chih-Ping
A1 Anglin, M. Douglas
A2 Chou, Chih-Ping
A2 Anglin, M. Douglas
LA English
YR 1990
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1764277767
AB A longitudinal model was developed relating early deviance, narcotics use, and three types of income-generating crime (property crime, drug dealing, and prostitution) among female narcotics addicts during the first 2 years of the addiction career. The model was tested by a confirmatory structural equation analysis. Early deviance predicted subsequent property crime involvement. Stability across time was demonstrated for narcotics use, property crime, and drug dealing. Strong contemporaneous relationships among these constructs were found. These findings partially replicate patterns found in previous studies for male addicts. In contrast to male addicts, a positive, instead of negative, contemporaneous relationship was found between property crime and drug dealing activities. Between constructs, cross-lag effects were generally small and only that between property crime and later narcotics use was significant. Finally, prostitution was failed to be incorporated in the model. Further research is needed to elucidate the diverse economic support systems among women which may affect the drug-crime relationship.
K1 Causality
K1 Addiction
K1 Narcotics
K1 Female
K1 Criminality
DO 10.1007/BF01065851