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| Authors: | DUANE C. McBRIDE CLYDE B. McCOY |
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| Affiliation: | Duane C. McBride received his Ph. D. in Sociology from the University of Kentucky in 1976. He is currently Associate Professor in rhe Department ofPsychiatry at the University of Miami and serves us a Co- Director of a Social Research Center in the department. He is the author o f a number of articles in the area of drug abuse and criminology. Clyde 8. McCoy earned his doctorate in demography and human ecology at the University of Cincinnati. He has been director of a research cenfer at the University of Miami, Florida, for the past six years. He has been active in community endeavors. attempting to use scientific knowledge and his skills to address the human needs of the cotnmunity. |
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| Abstract: | The purpose of this article was to examine the ecological perspective as an explanation of criminal and drug-using behavior and to present data from a pilot study on the areal distribution of crime and drugs. We found that individuals engaged in narcotics use, those engaged in criminal behavior, and those engaged in both resided in the same area of the community. Those who used other types of drugs were less likely to reside in the same areas as those engaged in criminal behavior. Thus, we concluded narcotics users and criminals were drawn from the same population and both behaviors may be produced by the same environmental variables, rather than have an individual causal relationship. |
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