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Street kids, street drugs, street crime : an examination of drug use and serious delinquency in Miami

Title: Street kids, street drugs, street crime : an examination of drug use and serious delinquency in Miami / James A. Inciardi, Ruth Horowitz, Anne E. Pottieger.
Author: Inciardi, James A.
Publication: Belmont, Calif. : Wadsworth Pub. Co., ©1993.

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Description

xviii, 234 pages : 1 illustration; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Contemporary issues in crime and justice series

Uniform Title

Contemporary issues in crime and justice series

Subject

Genre/Form

Case studies
Case studies.
Études de cas.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-222) and indexes.

Contents

Ch. 1 The Current Youth Crime Crisis (starting p. 1) -- The Extent of Serious Youth Crime (starting p. 3) -- Juvenile Justice Crisis Indicators (starting p. 5) -- The Child Welfare Crisis (starting p. 8) -- Ch. 2 Delinquency Research and Theory (starting p. 11) -- The Chicago School and Social Disorganization (starting p. 11) -- Gang Studies and Social Class (starting p. 14) -- Self-Report Studies and "Garden-Variety" Delinquency (starting p. 16) -- Renewed Concern with Serious Offenders (starting p. 20) -- Ch. 3 Drugs/Crime Connections (starting p. 28) -- Youth Drug Abuse (starting p. 29) -- Drug Use and Garden-Variety Delinquency (starting p. 32) -- Common-Cause "Deviance Syndrome" Theory (starting p. 32) -- Progression beyond Garden-Variety Delinquency (starting p. 35) -- Drug/Crime Relationships for Serious Offenders (starting p. 38) -- Addiction (starting p. 38) -- The Need for Crime to Pay for Drugs (starting p. 41) -- Street-Addict Lifestyle and Subculture (starting p. 43) -- Crime Committed under the Influence of Drugs (starting p. 46) -- Ch. 4 Studying Serious Delinquency on the Street (starting p. 50) -- What: Defining Serious Delinquency (starting p. 50) -- Major Crime and Serious Delinquency (starting p. 51) -- Minor Crime and Serious Delinquency (starting p. 52) -- Definition for the New Study (starting p. 54) -- Where: Study Locations (starting p. 56) -- Sampling Considerations (starting p. 57) -- Locations for the New Study (starting p. 59) -- Who: Sociodemographic Subsamples (starting p. 60) -- Target Subsamples for Miami (starting p. 62) -- How: Interviewing Serious Delinquents on the Street (starting p. 64) -- On the Street (starting p. 64) -- The Truthfulness and Accuracy of Self-Reports (starting p. 66) -- A Note about Statistics (starting p. 67) -- Ch. 5 Teenage Coke Heads, Bandits, and Hustlers (starting p. 73) -- Drug Involvement (starting p. 73) -- Drug Use Histories (starting p. 74) -- Current Drug Use (starting p. 78) -- Current Drug Use Summary Variables (starting p. 83) -- Crime Involvement (starting p. 85) -- Crime Involvement History and the Role of Drug Use (starting p. 85) -- Current Criminality (starting p. 90) -- Current Crime Summary Variables (starting p. 92) -- Ch. 6 Street Kids and Crack Cocaine (starting p. 97) -- Drug Use and Crack-Business Involvement (starting p. 98) -- The Drugs/Violence Connection (starting p. 104) -- Street Kids, Street Crime (starting p. 110) -- Ch. 7 Street Kids in Straight Worlds (starting p. 117) -- Lack of Ties to Conventional Life (starting p. 118) -- Leaving Home (starting p. 119) -- Dropping Out of School (starting p. 121) -- Working in a Legal Job (starting p. 123) -- Social Control Variables and Serious Delinquents (starting p. 124) -- Family Disadvantage (starting p. 125) -- Indicators of Social Class (starting p. 125) -- Family Disadvantage and Serious Delinquency (starting p. 128) -- Family Impact on Drug/Crime Behaviors (starting p. 131) -- Family Arguments (starting p. 131) -- Early Alcohol with an Adult (starting p. 134) -- Summary: Family Impact on Serious Delinquency (starting p. 136) -- Serious Delinquents Still in School (starting p. 137) -- Attitudes: The Unimportance of School (starting p. 138) -- Behaviors: Cutting School, or Staying and Getting High (starting p. 140) -- School Reactions: Suspensions/Expulsions (starting p. 144) -- Conclusion: Serious Delinquents Still in School (starting p. 146) -- Ch. 8 "Birds of a Feather . . ." But Why? (starting p. 150) -- Perspectives and Issues (starting p. 150) -- Partners in Crime (starting p. 153) -- "Three Best Friends" (starting p. 158) -- Friends and Partners (starting p. 159) -- Length of Friendships (starting p. 159) -- Friends and Behavior Uniformity (starting p. 160) -- Relative Peer Influence (starting p. 163) -- Arguments between Friends (starting p. 165) -- Friends in Treatment and Friends Incarcerated (starting p. 167) -- Ch. 9 Summary and Implications (starting p. 172) -- Summary and Highlights (starting p. 172) -- Drugs and Crime (starting p. 173) -- The Crack Business (starting p. 177) -- Implications for Delinquency Theory (starting p. 178) -- The AIDS/Drugs Connection (starting p. 180) -- HIV and AIDS (starting p. 181) -- Prostitution (starting p. 183) -- Intravenous (IV) Drug Use (starting p. 184) -- Sex-for-Crack Exchanges (starting p. 185) -- Policy Implications (starting p. 189) -- County-Based Intervention Strategies (starting p. 190) -- The Diversion/Nonintervention Strategy (starting p. 192) -- The "Get Tough" Strategy (starting p. 192) -- The "Scared Straight" Strategy (starting p. 193) -- The Shock Incarceration Strategy (starting p. 194) -- The Humanitarian/Nurturing Strategy (starting p. 194) -- The Compulsory Treatment Strategy (starting p. 196) -- Glossary (starting p. 201) -- References (starting p. 205) -- Author Index (starting p. 223) -- Subject Index (starting p. 229)

ISBN

0534192424
9780534192426

LCCN

92005753

OCLC

ocm25632840
25632840
SCSB-2017143

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library