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LAW ENFORCEMENT POLICIES DIRECTED TOWARD CONTROLLING POSSESSION AND SALE OF ILLEGAL DRUGS

NCJ Number
10580
Author(s)
G A GRIZZLE
Date Published
1973
Length
65 pages
Annotation
ESTIMATE OF THE IMPACT OF PROPOSED LAW ENFORCEMENT POLICIES UPON THE INCIDENCE AND PREVALENCE OF ILLICIT DRUG SELLING AND USAGE IN MECKLENBURG COUNTY.
Abstract
FACTORS PERTINENT ARE THE DISCRETION THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENT HAS IN DESIGNING LAW ENFORCEMENT POLICIES, THE LIKELIHOOD THAT DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF DRUG LAW VIOLATORS WILL BE PUNISHED UNDER EXISTING POLICY, THE EXTENT TO WHICH DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF DRUG SELLERS AND USERS ARE LIKELY TO BE DETERRED BY THREAT OF PUNISHMENT, THE EFFECT OF MAKING ILLICIT DRUGS LESS EASILY AVAILABLE, AND THE EFFECT OF REMOVING ILLICIT DRUG USERS AND SELLERS FROM THE COMMUNITY. WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THESE FACTORS, FOUR POSSIBLE POLICIES WERE ASSESSED IN ORDER TO ESTIMATE THEIR IMPACT. THESE INCLUDE TECHNIQUES OF CONTROLLING HEROIN USAGE BY CONFINING THE ADDICT AND BY DISRUPTING THE DISTRIBUTION NETWORK. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)

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