Of Demography and Drugs:
Of Demography and Drugs:
Testing Two 1990s Theories of Crime Causation
This chapter examines the two predominant theories of crime risk in the 1990s: the expansion of high-risk youth and the high rates of drug sales and use. These pessimistic indicators did not change much but also did not produce the criminogenic future that was expected.
Keywords: New York City, crime risk, high-risk youth, drug use, drug sales
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