Cocaine and Heroin in Europe 1983-93
A Cross-national Comparison of Trafficking and Prices
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8400644 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Graham Farrell (0000-0002-3987-8457), K MANSUR, M TULLIS |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 255-281 |
| Publication date | 1996-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The British Journal of Criminology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-0955 • E-ISSN: 1464-3529 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oxfordjournals.bjc.a014085 |
| OpenAlex | W2135998406 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
| References cited | 7 |
Drug law enforcement aims to reduce the consumption of illicit drugs through reducing supply and increasing prices. Data on cocaine and heroin seizures, prices, and methods of trafficking are presented for 1983–93. Seizures, giving some indirect indicator of trafficking, rose sharply for both drugs in the second half of the the 1980s. Prices of both drugs showed a decline across the decade, and the prices of both drugs seemed to track each other. Data on the primary means of transport of cocaine and heroin into Europe lends support to an explanation of the price patterns in terms of the risk factors these impose for traffickers. The nature of the trafficking, and the mechanism by which enforcement of trafficking laws is intended to impact upon the problem, suggest that the rapid substitution of interdictedtraffickers androutes is highly likely, and that present levels of enforcement will have little deterrent or preventive impact. While the European drug scene is changing rapidly, not least due to political changes, the analysis may retain some general applicability
Business · Consumption (sociology) · Criminology · Drug · Drug trafficking · Economics · Enforcement · Heroin · Illicit drug · Law enforcement · Political science · Public economics · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · Law · Medicine · Pharmacology · Psychology
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What Price Data Tell Us about Drug Markets
Following the price
Transnational cocaine and heroin flow networks in western Europe
What caused the recent reduction in heroin supply in Australia
Routine activities and drug trafficking
Risks, prices, and positions
What Can Be Learned from Cross-National Comparisons of Data on Illegal Drugs
How Drug Enforcement Affects Drug Prices
Organized Crime, Transit Crime, and Racketeering
The illicit drug trade, counternarcotics strategies and terrorism
What the price data tell us about heroin flows across Europe
Le monde à l'envers
| Unique citing works | 15 |
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| Citations per year | 0,52 |
| Citation span | 1997 - 2019 (23) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |