‘I like money, I like many things’. The relationship between drugs and crime from the perspective of young people in contact with criminal justice systems
| Autor: | Agnieszka Pisarska, Karen L. Duke, Vibeke Asmussen Frank, Sara Rolando, Niels Graf, Rahel Kahlert, Franca Beccaria |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Health (social science)
SENSATION SEEKING 030508 substance abuse Medicine (miscellaneous) SOCIAL EXCLUSION Criminology drugs HEROIN NORMALIZATION 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Crime prevention Inclusion–exclusion principle 030212 general & internal medicine Sociology Organised crime SUBSTANCE USE crime STREET ROBBERY Poverty criminal justice system Perspective (graphical) Young people 0305 other medical science USERS qualitative research VIOLENCE Qualitative research Criminal justice |
| Zdroj: | Rolando, S, Frank, V A, Duke, K, Kahlert, R, Pisarska, A, Graf, N & Beccaria, F 2021, ' ‘I like money, I like many things’. The relationship between drugs and crime from the perspective of young people in contact with criminal justice systems ', Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 7-16 . https://doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2020.1754339 Middlesex University |
| ISSN: | 1465-3370 0968-7637 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/09687637.2020.1754339 |
| Popis: | Based on research undertaken as part of the EU funded EPPIC project, this paper aims to update and elaborate on the relationship between drug use and offending behaviours by exploring variations within a cross-national sample of drug-experienced young people in touch with criminal justice systems. Adopting a trajectory-based approach, interviews were undertaken with 198 young people aged 15–25 in six European countries (Austria, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Poland, and UK). Data were analysed by applying the Bennett and Holloway categorization of the drugs-crime link, with a focus on the concept of social exclusion as developed by Seddon. Three main types of mechanisms (economic, pharmaceutical, and lifestyles) are used to interpret the data, showing how the relationship between drugs and offending can vary according to type of substances and over time. Furthermore, it can be associated with very different degrees of social exclusion and needs. The results suggest that while economic inequalities still play key roles in explaining drug use and offending, both behaviours can originate from a state of relative deprivation, resulting from the contradictions inherent in ‘bulimic societies’ that raise aspirations and desires while providing young people scarce opportunities for self-realisation and social recognition. |
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