To enforce, or not to enforce: A study of drug use vs drug dealing in socially disorganized communities

Previous research suggests that competition in the low-skilled labor market associated with Latino immigration is related to crime for rural whites and urban blacks. Furthermore, studies suggest that communities can selectively enforce norms regarding crimes. This study tested whether low-skill job...

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Main Author:	Roberts, Preston Cody
Other Authors:	Braden Leap
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Language:	en
Published:	MSSTATE 2018
Subjects:	Sociology
Online Access:	http://sun.library.msstate.edu/ETD-db/theses/available/etd-03232018-144248/

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spelling	ndltd-MSSTATE-oai-library.msstate.edu-etd-03232018-1442482019-05-15T18:44:00Z To enforce, or not to enforce: A study of drug use vs drug dealing in socially disorganized communities Roberts, Preston Cody Sociology Previous research suggests that competition in the low-skilled labor market associated with Latino immigration is related to crime for rural whites and urban blacks. Furthermore, studies suggest that communities can selectively enforce norms regarding crimes. This study tested whether low-skill job competition associated with Latino immigration is correlated with higher rates of drug use than drug dealing, and higher rates of instrumental crimes than expressive crimes. Furthermore, this study tested whether urban blacks were more affected than urban whites, and rural whites more than rural blacks. The results did not support the original hypotheses, except that urban blacks were more affected than urban whites. This suggests support for Andersons Code of the Street. However, differing crime increases between rural and urban areas suggests that Andersons theory may not work everywhere. Lastly, the control variables suggest that the race-crime relationship may be more complex when other factors are controlled for. Braden Leap David May Raymond Barranco MSSTATE 2018-05-07 text application/pdf http://sun.library.msstate.edu/ETD-db/theses/available/etd-03232018-144248/ http://sun.library.msstate.edu/ETD-db/theses/available/etd-03232018-144248/ en unrestricted I hereby certify that, if appropriate, I have obtained and attached hereto a written permission statement from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis, Dissertation, or project report, allowing distribution as specified below. I certify that the version I submitted is the same as that approved by my advisory committee. I hereby grant to Mississippi State University Libraries or its agents the non-exclusive license to archive and make accessible, under the conditions specified below, my thesis, Dissertation, or project report in whole or in part in all forms of media, now or hereafter known. I retain all other ownership rights to the copyright of the thesis, Dissertation or project report. I also retain the right to use in future works (such as articles or books) all or part of this thesis, Dissertation, or project report.
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description	Previous research suggests that competition in the low-skilled labor market associated with Latino immigration is related to crime for rural whites and urban blacks. Furthermore, studies suggest that communities can selectively enforce norms regarding crimes. This study tested whether low-skill job competition associated with Latino immigration is correlated with higher rates of drug use than drug dealing, and higher rates of instrumental crimes than expressive crimes. Furthermore, this study tested whether urban blacks were more affected than urban whites, and rural whites more than rural blacks. The results did not support the original hypotheses, except that urban blacks were more affected than urban whites. This suggests support for Andersons Code of the Street. However, differing crime increases between rural and urban areas suggests that Andersons theory may not work everywhere. Lastly, the control variables suggest that the race-crime relationship may be more complex when other factors are controlled for.
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title	To enforce, or not to enforce: A study of drug use vs drug dealing in socially disorganized communities
title_short	To enforce, or not to enforce: A study of drug use vs drug dealing in socially disorganized communities
title_full	To enforce, or not to enforce: A study of drug use vs drug dealing in socially disorganized communities
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To enforce, or not to enforce: A study of drug use vs drug dealing in socially disorganized communities

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