Journal article
Violent Conduct and Victimization Risk in the Urban Illicit Drug Economy: A Prospective Examination
Justice quarterly, Vol.32(1), pp.32-55
01/02/2015
DOI: 10.1080/07418825.2012.724079
Abstract
A small but growing body of criminological research examines the nature of social control mechanisms in the context of urban illicit drug markets in order to understand patterns of violence. Several studies find that merchants operating in this economy experience relatively high rates of violent victimization. Existing theoretical and empirical research suggests, however, that an aggressive posture serves a deterrent function in the illicit marketplace. Merchants with a violent persona will have significantly lower rates of victimization compared to their less-violent counterparts. Using a within-person design applied to prospective longitudinal data from a sample of urban males, this paper examines the proposition that violent conduct attenuates the relationship between participation in the illicit drug marketplace and risk for violent victimization. Combined, the results offer partial support for this proposition. We discuss the implications of this study for research on violent behavior, illegal drug markets, and victimization.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Violent Conduct and Victimization Risk in the Urban Illicit Drug Economy: A Prospective Examination
- Creators
- Mark T. Berg - Indiana UniversityRolf Loeber - University of Pittsburgh
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Justice quarterly, Vol.32(1), pp.32-55
- DOI
- 10.1080/07418825.2012.724079
- ISSN
- 0741-8825
- eISSN
- 1745-9109
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Number of pages
- 24
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/02/2015
- Academic Unit
- Sociology and Criminology; Center for Social Science Innovation; Injury Prevention Research Center; Public Policy Center (Archive)
- Record Identifier
- 9984282620402771
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