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alcohol and drug use
Definition
- Drugs and alcohol are fundamental elements of street crime in multiple respects. A generally recognized drugs-crime nexus has generated multiple theoretical explanations accounting for the central role that drugs and alcohol assume in the occurrence of street crime. [Source: Encyclopedia of Street Crime in America; Alcohol and Drug Use]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/alcohol_and_drug_use
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