NCJ Number
4248
Journal
Crime and Delinquency Volume: 18 Issue: 2 Dated: (APRIL 1972) Pages: 147-153
Date Published
1972
Length
7 pages
Annotation
A SMALL COMMUNITY'S RESPONSE TO THE SUDDEN AWARENESS OF DRUG ABUSE BY ITS YOUTHS AND A RISING RATE OF SERIOUS CRIME.
Abstract
RESPONSE REVEALS AN UNWILLINGNESS TO ACCEPT OR TO CONSIDER THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE CRIME INCREASE WAS SOCIALLY BASED. RATHER, EMPHASIS WAS PLACED ON REFINING AND ENLARGING THE LAW ENFORCEMENT PROCESS WITH A VIEW THAT CRIME IS A MEDICAL-PSYCHIATRIC PROBLEM.