dc.contributor.author | Dray, A | |
dc.contributor.author | Mazerolle, L | |
dc.contributor.author | Perez, P | |
dc.contributor.author | Ritter, A | |
dc.contributor.editor | David Weisburd (Editor-in-Chief) | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-05-03T16:56:29Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-05-03T16:56:29Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2008 | |
dc.date.modified | 2010-08-30T07:03:44Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1573-3750 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1007/s11292-008-9057-1 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10072/26186 | |
dc.description.abstract | Our paper examines how street-level drug markets adapt to a macro-level disruption to the supply of heroin, under three experimental conditions of street-level drug law enforcement: random patrol, hot-spot policing and problem-orientated policing. We utilize an agent-based model to explore the relative impact of abstractions of these three law enforcement strategies after simulating an 'external shock' to the supply of heroin to the street-level drug market. We use 3 years of data, which include the period of the 'heroin drought' in Melbourne (Australia) that commenced in late 2000 and early 2001, to measure changes in a selected range of crime and harm indicators under the three policing conditions. Our results show that macro-level disruptions to drug supply have a limited impact on street-level market dynamics when there is a ready replacement drug. By contrast, street-level police interventions are shown to vary in their capacity to alter drug market dynamics. Importantly, our laboratory abstraction of problem-orientated policing is shown to be the optimal strategy to disrupt street-level injecting-drug markets, reduce crimes and minimize harm, regardless of the type of drug being supplied to the market. | |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Yes | |
dc.description.publicationstatus | Yes | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | Springer Netherlands | |
dc.publisher.place | Netherlands | |
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublication | N | |
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom | 267 | |
dc.relation.ispartofpageto | 287 | |
dc.relation.ispartofissue | 3 | |
dc.relation.ispartofjournal | Journal of Experimental Criminology | |
dc.relation.ispartofvolume | 4 | |
dc.rights.retention | Y | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Criminology | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Criminology not elsewhere classified | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 4402 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 440299 | |
dc.title | Policing Australia's 'heroin drought': Using an agent-based model to simulate alternative outcomes | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
dc.type.description | C1 - Articles | |
dc.type.code | C - Journal Articles | |
gro.date.issued | 2008 | |
gro.hasfulltext | No Full Text | |
gro.griffith.author | Mazerolle, Lorraine A. | |