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The British Journal of Criminology 29:175-185 (1989)
© 1989 Centre for Crime & Justice Studies (formerly ISTD)

RESEARCH-ARTICLE

YOUNG HEROIN USERS AND CRIME

How Do the ‘New Users’ Finance Their Habits?

GRAHAM JARVIS and HOWARD PARKER*

This paper examines the drugs-crime connection in relation to the ‘new’ heroin users of the 1980s. An analysis of the criminal records of a sample of forty-six London-based heroin users shows that their annual rate of convictions more than doubled following the onset of regular heroin use. During in-depth interviews, the subjects reported financing their habits largely through ‘acquisitive crime’. Week-by-week analysis of their self-reported crime and drug use over a six-month period also revealed a close relationship. The personal and social characteristics of the now greatly expanded population of ‘new’ heroin users clearly warrants a reconsideration of penal and treatment policies.


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