Crack Cocaine and Violence
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Crack Cocaine and the Inner City. Austin: Harcourt Brace College Publishers. Cook, Philip, and John Laub, 1998, “The Unprecedented Epidemic in Youth Violence,” in … Retrieve Doc
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violence and fatal shootings. However, it is not clear whether such incidents are related to crack cocaine or to other substances such as powder cocaine or heroin. … Read Document
CRACK AND PROSTITUTION: GENDER, MYTHS, AND EXPERIENCES
"East Downtown," which had become notable for its street market in crack cocaine in the early 1990s. One author [Enckson] had gained some field presence and credibility in the area by undertaking some earlier collaborative research with local service agency staff on violence in the crack trade … Document Retrieval
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Of violence occurred in 6.3 percent of powder cocaine crimes and in 10.4 percent of crack cocaine crimes. Violence associated with any offense is a serious crime and must be punished; we … Return Document
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Sound heard when heated, crack cocaine looks like white to tan pellets or chunks that resemble rock salt overdoes, entanglement in violence and crime as they support their habits, and … Retrieve Document
WHY THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE IS WRONG ABOUT COCAINE SENTENCING
That crack markets are more violent than powder cocaine markets. The Commission’s most recent data belies that concern; crack markets have stabilized and fewer than 20% of all federal crack cases involve a gun or other types of violence, according to presentence reports. … Access Doc
Cocaine/Crack
Another way of smoking crack is to drench it with PCP, known as “space basing.” PCP is a powerful drug with a wide range of serious side effects, including panic, depression, physical illness and violence. WHAT ARE SOME STREET NAMES FOR CRACK? Like cocaine, kids have developed a variety of code … Document Viewer
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Than powder cocaine use. One study found that the most prevalent form of violence related to crack cocaine abuse was aggravated assault. In addition, a 1998 study identified crack as … Read Full Source
Measuring Crack Cocaine And Its Impact
Sellers of crack (Venkatesh and Levitt 2000). Gang violence, primarily as a means of 9 A gram weighs about as much as a dime. 10 Crack differs from freebase cocaine because the creation procedure lacks the final step of removing the base from … Retrieve Document
Cracks In The System
Abuse Act of 1986 sw eep far too broadly by treating all crack cocaine offend-ers as if their offenses have involved weapons or violence, even though the … View Doc
XAMINING RACK OCAINE ENTENCING IN A OST IMBROUGH ORLD
No rational basis in terms of pharmacological differences, public opinion, or related violence to distinguish crack cocaine from powder cocaine at a ratio of one being one hundred times worse than … Content Retrieval
Systemic violence In Drug Markets
Fryer, R., Heaton., Levitt, S. and K. Murphy (2004) Measuring the impact of crack cocaine. NBER Working Paper 11318. 9. Goldstein, P. (1985). The drug/violence nexus: A tripartite conceptual framework. … Retrieve Document
Myths And Facts On The Federal crack cocaine Sentencing Disparity
violence are no longer accurate. “[T]o the extent that the 100-to-1 drug quantity ratio was designed . . . to account for [violent] conduct, it sweeps too broadly by treating all crack cocaine offenders as if they committed these more harmful acts, … Read Full Source
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The federal courts),I3 but because it held a particular set of beliefs about crack cocaine. For example, the record reflects Congress's concern that crack cocaine was uniquely addictive, 14 was associated with greater levels of violence than was powder cocaine,15 and was especially … Read Full Source
2008 Drug Report
Center for Violence Prevention & Community Safety Crack Cocaine Regardless of whether they had used the drug themselves, 9.4% of arrestees (n=197) reported having acquired crack cocaine in the past 30 days. … Read Content
The Risks
People who have cravings for Crack cocaine may often steal money from family, friends or commit crimes in order to buy more of the drug. This could lead to violence within the … Fetch This Document
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Than powder cocaine use. One study found that the most prevalent form of violence related to crack cocaine abuse was aggravated assault. In addition, a 1998 study identified crack as … Doc Viewer