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The study aims to explore the relationship between heroin use and street crime, challenging previous assumptions.

Heroin Use and Street Crime

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Examines the connection between heroin use and crime in active heroin users, suggesting the need for new questions.

The study aims to explore the relationship between heroin use and street crime, challenging previous assumptions.
Sample of 356 active heroin users in Miami, Florida
Data collected on officially known and self-reported criminal activity
Analysis of complexities in the drugs/crime relationship
Active heroin users engage significantly in street crime, but the relationship is complex.
Previous studies may have misprioritized the questions regarding the drugs/crime connection.

James A. Inciardi (1979) studied this question.

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