Drug Enforcement and Crime: Recent Evidence from New York State

• Published in: Social science quarterly Vol. 86; no. 2; pp. 323 - 342
• Main Authors: Shepard, Edward M., Blackley, Paul R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing 01.06.2005; Blackwell; Southwestern Social Science Association; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Series: Social Science Quarterly
• Subjects: Arrest rates; Arrests; Assaults; Brokers; Costs; Crime; Crime Prevention; Crime rate; Crime Rates; Criminal arrests; Criminal investigations; Criminal justice; Criminal sociology. Police. Delinquency. Deviance. Suicide; Criminal statistics; Criminology; Drug addiction; Drug control; Drug design; Drug Offenders; Drug policy; Drug related crimes; Drug use; Drugs; Evidence; Fines & penalties; Heroin; Illicit drugs; Imprisonment; Law Enforcement; Marijuana; New York; New York State; Of General Interest; Policy; Property crimes; Robbery; Social control; Social policy; Social sciences; Sociology; Sociology of law and criminology; Supply & demand; U.S.A; USA; Violent crimes; United States Of America; New York; United States > US; Drug; Criminal Justice Policy; Statistics

Objective. The objective of this article is to provide evidence about the effectiveness of drug law enforcement as a tool for reducing other types of crime. Considerable resources are devoted to enforcing our nation's drug laws, but existing research suggests that intensifying drug law enforcem...