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Crime and Drugs

	Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov Establishes policies, priorities and objectives for the Nation's drug control program.
Drug-Related Crime (March 2000) A complete section dedicated to information regarding law enforcement initiatives that emphasize attacking drug trafficking organizations at every level through a careful coordination of Federal, State and local law enforcement efforts.
	U.S. Department of Justice: National Institute of Justice (NIJ) http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/ NIJ is the research and development agency of the U.S. Department of Justice and is the only federal agency solely dedicated to researching crime control and justice issues.
Toward a Drugs and Crime Research Agenda for the 21st Century (June 2002) Please see the article, "Research on Drugs-Crime Linkages: The Next Generation"
	U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/ Collects, analyzes, publishes and disseminates information on crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime and the operation of justice systems at all levels of government.
Women Drug Offenders (December 1999) Analyzes offense patterns, rates of offending and consequences of crimes committed by women, includes drug-related offenses. (Adobe Acrobat File)
Alcohol and Crime (April 1998) An overview of the role alcohol plays in violent victimization and its use among those convicted of crimes.
	National Criminal Justice Reference Service http://www.ncjrs.org/index.html NCJRS is a federally sponsored information clearinghouse for people around the country and the world involved with research, policy and practice related to criminal and juvenile justice and drug control.
Perspectives on Crime and Justice: 2000-2001 Lecture Series (March 2002) Discusses in depth the role of drug markets and drug abuse in causing and/or perpetuating crime. See Alfred Blumstein's section on "The Role of Drug Markets" that begins on page 13 of the document (page 19 according to Adobe Acrobat program). (Adobe Acrobat File)
The Nature of Crime: Continuity and Change-Dynamics of the Drug-Crime Relationship Explores the drug-crime connection. Traces trends in drug use and crime over time, and presents general theoretical models of the drug-crime connection, including drug use causes crime, that crime leads to drug use, and that both drug use and crime are caused by the same factors. (Adobe Acrobat File)
Looking at Crime From the Street Level (1999) Drug-related ethnographic research on gang-related drug traffickers and other street drug dealers. See Richard Curtis' section on "The Ethnographic Approach to Studying Drug Crime" on page 13 of the document (page 19 according to Adobe Acrobat program). (Adobe Acrobat File)
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Youth Crime and Drugs

	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Office of Applied Studies http://www.oas.samhsa.gov/ Provides the latest national data on substance abuse, drug related emergency department episodes and medical examiner cases, and the nation's substance treatment system.
Adolescent Self-Reported Behaviors and Their Association with Marijuana Use (May 2002) Finds an association between marijuana use and delinquent, aggressive and criminal behavior.
Neighborhood Characteristics and Youth Marijuana Use (January 2002) Associates youth marijuana use with living in high-crime neighborhoods.
Patterns of Alcohol Use Among Adolescents and Associations with Emotional and Behavioral Problems (March 2000) Discusses the relationship between alcohol use and emotional and behavioral problems among adolescents, including aggressive, delinquent and criminal behavior. (Adobe Acrobat File)
	U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/ Collects, analyzes, publishes and disseminates information on crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime and the operation of justice systems at all levels of government.
Indicators of School Crime and Safety 2002 (November 2002) Reports crime occurring in school as well as on the way to and from school. Includes information on drug use, sales and availability.
	National Criminal Justice Reference Service http://www.ncjrs.org/index.html NCJRS is a federally sponsored information clearinghouse for people around the country and the world involved with research, policy, and practice related to criminal and juvenile justice and drug Control.
Drug Offense Cases in Juvenile Courts, 1989-1998 (September 2001) (Adobe Acrobat File)
Co-Occurrence of Delinquency and Other Problem Behaviors-Drug Use (2000) Click on the "drug use" link to view the correlation between juvenile delinquency and substance abuse.
Breaking the Cycle of Drug Use Among Juvenile Offenders (November 1999) Discusses the consistent relationship between alcohol and other drug (AOD) use and juvenile crime. The document also discusses the various attempts at intervention. (Adobe Acrobat File)
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Violence and Drugs

	National Criminal Justice Reference Service http://www.ncjrs.org/index.html NCJRS is a federally sponsored information clearinghouse for people around the country and the world involved with research, policy, and practice related to criminal and juvenile justice and drug Control.
Full Report of the Prevalence, Incidence and Consequences of Violence Against Women Examines whether the perpetrator or victim used alcohol and/or drugs, and how the use of substances by the perpetrator or victim may have contributed to the victim's risk of injury during the incident of rape or other physical assault. See pages 50-53 on the document (pages 60-63, according to Adobe Acrobat). (Adobe Acrobat File)
	National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information http://www.health.org A resource for current information and materials concerning substance abuse.
Indicators of School Crime and Safety 2002 (November 2002) Reports crime occurring in school as well as on the way to and from school. Includes information on drug use, sales and availability.
Substance Abuse Resource Guide: Violence: An Overview of Its Relationship to Substance Abuse A listing of research resources which provide an overview of the relationship between violence and substance abuse.
Substance Abuse Resource Guide: Violence Against Women A listing of resources which present recent research findings and information on the relationship of alcohol and substance abuse to violence against women, include battering, murder, stalking behaviors, rape, and sexual assault.
Substance Abuse Treatment and Domestic Violence (1997) Offers useful information on the role of substance abuse in domestic violence-both among the men who batter and the women who are battered.
Blending Perspectives and Building Common Ground: A Report to Congress on Substance Abuse and Child Protection (April 1999 ) Discusses the impact of parental substance abuse on child neglect and abuse.
	National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/ Supports and conducts biomedical and behavioral research on the causes, consequences, treatment and prevention of alcoholism and alcohol-related problems.
Alcohol and Violence (2001) Several articles discussing the relationship between alcohol abuse and a variety of violence-related behavior.
Alcohol, Violence and Aggression (1997) Discusses the association between alcohol consumption and violent or aggressive behavior.
	Drug Strategies http://www.drugstrategies.org/ A research institution that supports more effective approaches to the nation's drug problem, and supports efforts to reduce the demand for drugs through prevention, education, treatment, law enforcement and community initiatives.
Millennium Hangover: Keeping Score on Alcohol (1999) See "Alcohol and Crime." Discusses violence and crime associated with alcohol.
	Center of Alcohol Studies, The State University of New Jersey http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~cas2/ Dedicated to the dissemination of knowledge on psychoactive substance use and related phenomena with primary emphasis on alcohol use and consequences.
Facts on: Alcohol, Drugs and Domestic Violence Describes the correlation between alcohol/drug abuse and domestic violence.
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Sexual Violence and Drugs

	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Office of Applied Studies http://www.oas.samhsa.gov/ Provides the latest national data on substance abuse, drug related emergency department episodes and medical examiner cases, and the nation's substance treatment system.
Patterns of Alcohol Use Among Adolescents and Associations with Emotional and Behavioral Problems (March 2000) Suggests that alcohol use is associated with risky sexual behavior and increased vulnerability to coercive sexual activity among adolescents. Also discusses the relationship between adolescent alcohol use and other emotional and behavioral problems. (Adobe Acrobat File)
	National Criminal Justice Reference Service http://www.ncjrs.org/index.html NCJRS is a federally sponsored information clearinghouse for people around the country and the world involved with research, policy, and practice related to criminal and juvenile justice and drug Control.
Full Report of the Prevalence, Incidence and Consequences of Violence Against Women Examines whether the perpetrator or victim used alcohol and/or drugs, and how the use of substances by the perpetrator or victim may have contributed to the victim's risk of injury during the incident of rape or other physical assault. See pages 50-53 on the document (pages 60-63, according to Adobe Acrobat). (Adobe Acrobat File)
Drug-Facilitated Rape: Looking for the Missing Pieces Describes the phenomenon of drug-facilitated rape and provides brief summaries on GHB and Rohypnol, two controlled substances associated with incidences of rape. Published by the National Institute of Justice. (Adobe Acrobat File)
	Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute, Washington University http://depts.washington.edu/adai/ A multidisciplinary research center at the University of Washington. Its mission is to support and facilitate research and research dissemination in the field of alcohol and drug abuse.
Sexual Assault and Alcohol/Drug Use A bibliography of resources on sexual assault and alcohol/drug use.
	New York University's Office of Drug and Alcohol Education http://www.nyu.edu/odae/ A multidisciplinary research center at the University of Washington. Its mission is to support and facilitate research and research dissemination in the field of alcohol and drug abuse.
Sexual Assault and Drugs Provides facts, statistics and links to resources about the connection between sexual assault and drugs.
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Youth Violence and Drugs

	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Office of Applied Studies http://www.oas.samhsa.gov/ Provides the latest national data on substance abuse, drug related emergency department episodes and medical examiner cases, and the nation's substance treatment system.
Adolescent Self-Reported Behaviors and Their Association with Marijuana Use (May 2002) Finds an association between marijuana use and delinquent, aggressive and criminal behavior.
Youth Violence and Substance Abuse (updated November 2002)
Youth Who Carry Handguns (September 2001) Examines the link between carrying handguns and the use of illicit drugs and alcohol among youth.
Patterns of Alcohol Use Among Adolescents and Associations with Emotional and Behavioral Problems (March 2000) Discusses the relationship between alcohol use and emotional and behavioral problems among adolescents, including drunk driving, suicidal thoughts, and aggressive, delinquent and criminal behavior. (Adobe Acrobat File)
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Gangs and Drugs

	National Criminal Justice Reference Service http://www.ncjrs.org/ NCJRS is a federally sponsored information clearinghouse for people around the country and the world involved with research, policy, and practice related to criminal and juvenile justice and drug Control.
Modern-Day Youth Gangs (June 2002) Explores whether modern-day gangs differ significantly from their predecessors and reveals differences in geographic location, age and racial composition, and involvement in violence and drug trafficking.
Hybrid and Other Modern Gangs (December 2001) Discusses gang involvement in the drug trade and distribution among new hybrid and other modern gangs. (Adobe Acrobat File)
Female Gangs: A Focus on Research (March 2001) Discusses female gang members' involvement in drug dealing. (Adobe Acrobat File)
Youth Gang Drug Trafficking (December 1999) Analyzes the participation of youth gang members in drug sales and the role of gangs in drug distribution.
The Youth Gangs, Drugs, and Violence Connection (January 1999) Examines the relationship between youth gangs, drugs and violence. Makes distinctions between street gangs and drugs gangs. (Adobe Acrobat File)
Gang Membership, Delinquent Peers, and Delinquent Behavior (October 1998) Compares the amount of delinquent behavior between gang members and their non-member delinquent peers. Contains information on drug use and trading. (Adobe Acrobat File)
Preventing Gang- and Drug-Related Witness Intimidation (1996) Describes the perpetration and prevention of witness intimation. (Adobe Acrobat File)
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Incarceration and Drugs

	U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/ Collects, analyzes, publishes and disseminates information on crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime and the operation of justice systems at all levels of government.
Drug Use, Testing, and Treatment in Jails (May 2000) Describes the drug use of jail inmates and the level of drug testing and treatment in jails. This report is the third in a series on prior drug use and treatment of offenders, and uses data from the 1998 Annual Survey of Jails and the 1996 Survey of Inmates in Local Jails.
Substance Abuse and Treatment of State and Federal Prisoners, 1997 (January 1999) Presents data from the 1997 Survey of Inmates in Adult State and Federal Correctional Facilities concerning prisoners' use of alcohol and illegal drugs and the substance abuse treatment they received.
Drug Dealing in Privately Owned Apartment Complexes (August 2001) Describes the types of drug markets found in apartment complexes and summarizes the range of measures that can be used to address these markets. (Adobe Acrobat File)
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