Earning a Score: An Exploration of the Nature and Roles of Heroin and Crack Cocaine User-Dealers. / Moyle, Leah; Coomber, Ross.
In: British Journal of Criminology, Vol. 55, No. 3, 07.01.2015, p. 534-555.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Earning a Score: An Exploration of the Nature and Roles of Heroin and Crack Cocaine User-Dealers. / Moyle, Leah; Coomber, Ross.
In: British Journal of Criminology, Vol. 55, No. 3, 07.01.2015, p. 534-555.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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T1 - Earning a Score: An Exploration of the Nature and Roles of Heroin and Crack Cocaine User-Dealers
AU - Moyle, Leah
AU - Coomber, Ross
PY - 2015/1/7
Y1 - 2015/1/7
N2 - Research consistently shows a strong correlation between heroin/crack cocaine use, acquisitive crime and income generation, through activities such as sex work and theft. Less is known however about alternative choices of income generation such as small-scale drug supply. Drawing on data from interviews with 30 heroin and crack cocaine user-dealers in a city in South West England, this article explores the motivations, practices and roles undertaken by small-scale addicted suppliers who distribute drugs to other addicted users for the purpose of reproducing their own supply. Findings suggest that addicted user-dealers’ motivations are commonly different to those of commercially motivated suppliers, while their activities are perceived as a less harmful and a more convenient way of funding their drug dependency than other acquisitive crimes.
AB - Research consistently shows a strong correlation between heroin/crack cocaine use, acquisitive crime and income generation, through activities such as sex work and theft. Less is known however about alternative choices of income generation such as small-scale drug supply. Drawing on data from interviews with 30 heroin and crack cocaine user-dealers in a city in South West England, this article explores the motivations, practices and roles undertaken by small-scale addicted suppliers who distribute drugs to other addicted users for the purpose of reproducing their own supply. Findings suggest that addicted user-dealers’ motivations are commonly different to those of commercially motivated suppliers, while their activities are perceived as a less harmful and a more convenient way of funding their drug dependency than other acquisitive crimes.
U2 - 10.1093/bjc/azu087
DO - 10.1093/bjc/azu087
M3 - Article
VL - 55
SP - 534
EP - 555
JO - British Journal of Criminology
JF - British Journal of Criminology
SN - 0007-0955
IS - 3
ER -