Moyle, Leah and Coomber, Ross ORCID: 0000-0002-8144-1996
(2015)
Earning a Score: An Exploration of the Nature and Roles of Heroin and Crack Cocaine ‘User-Dealers'.
BRITISH JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY, 55 (03).
pp. 534-555.
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Abstract
Research consistently shows a strong correlation between heroin/crack cocaine use, acquisitive crime and income generation, through activities such as sex work and theft. Less is known however about alternative choices of income generation such as small-scale drug supply. Drawing on data from interviews with 30 heroin and crack cocaine user-dealers in a city in South West England, this article explores the motivations, practices and roles undertaken by small-scale addicted suppliers who distribute drugs to other addicted users for the purpose of reproducing their own supply. Findings suggest that addicted user-dealers’ motivations are commonly different to those of commercially motivated suppliers, while their activities are perceived as a less harmful and a more convenient way of funding their drug dependency than other acquisitive crimes.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | drug dealers, drug supply, heroin markets, addiction, social supply, problem drug users |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Admin |
Date Deposited: | 04 Jun 2018 14:59 |
Last Modified: | 19 Jan 2023 01:32 |
DOI: | 10.1093/bjc/azu087 |
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URI: | https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3022164 |