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29 Criminology 589 (1991-1992)
Patterns of Drug Use, Drug Trafficking, and Other Delinquency among Inner-City Adolescent Males in Washington, D.C.

handle is hein.journals/crim29 and id is 601 raw text is: PATTERNS OF DRUG USE, DRUG TRAFFICKING, AND OTHER DELINQUENCY AMONG INNER-CITY ADOLESCENT MALES IN WASHINGTON, D.C.* DAVID M. ALTSCHULER Johns Hopkins University PAUL J. BROUNSTEIN Prism Enterprises, Inc. This paper examines (1) the relationship between drug involvement among inner-city youths and the commission of other kinds of crime, (2) the role of drug use in crime commission, (3) the connection between crime and drug procurement, and (4) the factors that distinguish between individuals as a function of (a) levels of involvement in drug trafficking and (b) drug usage and criminal activity. Drug use and trafficking were both related to other criminal activities; the type of drug involvement was related to the type of crimes reported. The heaviest users were significantly more likely than nonusers to commit property crimes and drug traffickers were significantly more likely to com- mit crimes against persons than were respondents who did not sell drugs. Adolescents who used and sold drugs were the most likely to commit crimes against persons and property, and at the greatest rate. Still, for every type of crime reported in the past year, only a minority of offenders reported ever using drugs while committing the crime or said that they committed any type of crime in order to obtain drugs or money to obtain drugs Most youths appear to commit crime for reasons completely independent of drug& BACKGROUND The federal antidrug strategy calls attention to everyone who uses drugs, everyone who sells drugs, and everyone who looks the other way (The White * An earlier version of this paper was presented at the 1989 annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Reno, Nevada. This research was conducted at The Urban Institute, Washington, D.C., and was supported by grant 88-JN-CX-O00 from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and by grant 87-IJ-CX-0050 from the National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice. The authors express their gratitude to three anonymous reviewers for their valuable comments. Points of view are those of the authors and do not represent the opinion of the Department of Justice. CRIMINOLOGY VOLUME 29 NUMBER 4 1991 589

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