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Comparison of Drug Control Strategies in San Diego, 1989

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Principal Investigator(s): Pennell, Susan; Curtis, Christine

Summary: This study assesses the consequences for offenders of various drug enforcement strategies employed by the San Diego Police Department and profiles the factors that characterize street-level and mid-level dealers, drug users, and the drug market. The drug enforcement strategies examined include the use of search warrants, body wires, police decoys, surveillance, officer buys and sells, wiretaps, and sweeps. Measures of the consequences of arrests include drug and property seizures, convict... (view full summary)

Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09990.v2

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