The Rise of Drug Dealing in the Life of the North American Street Gang

Historical gang literature traditionally perceived street gangs as boisterous outfits occasionally engaged in delinquency. In recent decades however, street gang behavior has come to be seen ever more as encroaching upon criminality, primarily due to its involvement in drug supply. This article aims...

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Main Authors:	Robert McLean, Grace Robinson, James Densley
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2018-09-01
Series:	Societies
Subjects:	gangs drug sales violence War on Drugs organized crime
Online Access:	http://www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/8/3/90

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spelling	doaj-7937cb12aedf45e8abcd6c2e41c977dc2020-11-24T21:51:18ZengMDPI AGSocieties2075-46982018-09-01839010.3390/soc8030090soc8030090The Rise of Drug Dealing in the Life of the North American Street GangRobert McLean0Grace Robinson1James Densley2Interdisciplinary Research Unit on Crime, Policing and Social Justice, School of Education, University of the West of Scotland, Hamilton ML3 0JB, UKDepartment of Law and Criminology, Edge Hill University, Ormskirk L39 4QP, UKSchool of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice, Metropolitan State University, St Paul, MN 55106, USAHistorical gang literature traditionally perceived street gangs as boisterous outfits occasionally engaged in delinquency. In recent decades however, street gang behavior has come to be seen ever more as encroaching upon criminality, primarily due to its involvement in drug supply. This article aims to provide a brief historical review as to how the practice of drug supply entered into the life of the street gang, with specific emphasis on The War on Drugs in the 1970s and the rise of the crack cocaine economy in the 1980s.http://www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/8/3/90gangsdrug salesviolenceWar on Drugsorganized crime
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description	Historical gang literature traditionally perceived street gangs as boisterous outfits occasionally engaged in delinquency. In recent decades however, street gang behavior has come to be seen ever more as encroaching upon criminality, primarily due to its involvement in drug supply. This article aims to provide a brief historical review as to how the practice of drug supply entered into the life of the street gang, with specific emphasis on The War on Drugs in the 1970s and the rise of the crack cocaine economy in the 1980s.
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The Rise of Drug Dealing in the Life of the North American Street Gang

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