EXILES FROM THE AMERICAN DREAM - THE JUNKIE AND THE COP (FROM POLICE IN AMERICA, 1975, BY JEROME H SKOLNICK AND THOMAS C GRAY - SEE NCJ-19813)

• NCJ Number: 19828
• Author(s): B JACKSON
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 12 pages
• Corporate Author: Little, Brown and Co
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

NOTES FROM A STUDY OF POLICE INVESTIGATIONS OF NARCOTICS OPERATIONS IN NEW YORK, HOUSTON, AUSTIN, AND LOS ANGELES.

Abstract

THESE NOTES ARE FROM A STUDY FOR A CAMBRIDGE ORGANIZATION THAT HAD CONTRACTED WITH THE PRESIDENT'S COMMISSION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE TO STUDY CERTAIN PROBLEMS HAVING TO DO WITH DRUG ABUSE AND CONTROL IN THIS COUNTRY. THESE NOTES GIVE ACCOUNTS OF CONVERSATIONS WITH POLICE, ADDICTS, EX-ADDICTS, AND PUSHERS IN SEVERAL U.S. CITIES.