Citation

Jacobs BA. Br. J. Criminol. 1999; 39(4): 555-574.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1999, Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, Publisher Oxford University Press)

DOI

10.1093/bjc/39.4.555

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

A number of supply and demand-side indicators provide support for heroin's 're-incubation' in an era of crack cocaine's decline. The present paper assesses the extent to which these and other trends converge with reports of heroin market participants operating on the streets of a large midwestern American city. Focal areas of investigation include quality, price and drug use conduct norms. Conceptualization centres on the short and long-term implications of heroin's reported resurgence on emergent street drug markets.