An exploratory framework of drug related crime in forensic sciences and criminology

Inevitably, drug and crime are correlated as a global contributor to the social problems. According to World Drug Report (2015) of the United Nations Office on Drug and Crimes (UNODC), a total of 246 million people or 1 out of 20 people between the ages of 15 and 64 years, uses illegal drugs. Gold...

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Main Authors:	Sujit Kumar Sarker, Faller, Erwin Martinez
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Malaysian Society of Applied Biology 2016
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11818/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11818/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11818/1/45_02_14.pdf

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spelling	ukm-118182018-07-02T03:41:54Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11818/ An exploratory framework of drug related crime in forensic sciences and criminology Sujit Kumar Sarker, Faller, Erwin Martinez Inevitably, drug and crime are correlated as a global contributor to the social problems. According to World Drug Report (2015) of the United Nations Office on Drug and Crimes (UNODC), a total of 246 million people or 1 out of 20 people between the ages of 15 and 64 years, uses illegal drugs. Goldstein’s (1985) conceptual analysis offered a tripartite classification of drugs violence connections. Goldstein’s frameworks detailed on a psycho-social opportunity of drug users to commit a crime which focuses on a psychopharmacological link, compulsive economic link and systemic link. The research objective was to identify drug related crimes in forensic sciences and criminology that may be essential for relative developmental framework. Results identified on major illegal drugs in relation to violence were cocaine, phencyclidine, lysergic acid diethylamide, methamphetamine, ecstasy, heroin, marijuana, etc. The crimes most often committed by illegal drug users were theft, burglary, robbery, prostitution, assault, rape etc. This framework cleared the importance of drug related crime. There is a need for concrete developmental agenda, integrated responses and health intervention scheme besides the law for prevention of drug related crime. Malaysian Society of Applied Biology 2016-12 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11818/1/45_02_14.pdf Sujit Kumar Sarker, and Faller, Erwin Martinez (2016) An exploratory framework of drug related crime in forensic sciences and criminology. Malaysian Applied Biology, 45 (2). pp. 93-97. ISSN 0126-8643 http://www.mabjournal.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=565&catid=59:current-view&Itemid=56
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description	Inevitably, drug and crime are correlated as a global contributor to the social problems. According to World Drug Report (2015) of the United Nations Office on Drug and Crimes (UNODC), a total of 246 million people or 1 out of 20 people between the ages of 15 and 64 years, uses illegal drugs. Goldstein’s (1985) conceptual analysis offered a tripartite classification of drugs violence connections. Goldstein’s frameworks detailed on a psycho-social opportunity of drug users to commit a crime which focuses on a psychopharmacological link, compulsive economic link and systemic link. The research objective was to identify drug related crimes in forensic sciences and criminology that may be essential for relative developmental framework. Results identified on major illegal drugs in relation to violence were cocaine, phencyclidine, lysergic acid diethylamide, methamphetamine, ecstasy, heroin, marijuana, etc. The crimes most often committed by illegal drug users were theft, burglary, robbery, prostitution, assault, rape etc. This framework cleared the importance of drug related crime. There is a need for concrete developmental agenda, integrated responses and health intervention scheme besides the law for prevention of drug related crime.
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author	Sujit Kumar Sarker, Faller, Erwin Martinez
spellingShingle	Sujit Kumar Sarker, Faller, Erwin Martinez An exploratory framework of drug related crime in forensic sciences and criminology
author_facet	Sujit Kumar Sarker, Faller, Erwin Martinez
author_sort	Sujit Kumar Sarker,
title	An exploratory framework of drug related crime in forensic sciences and criminology
title_short	An exploratory framework of drug related crime in forensic sciences and criminology
title_full	An exploratory framework of drug related crime in forensic sciences and criminology
title_fullStr	An exploratory framework of drug related crime in forensic sciences and criminology
title_full_unstemmed	An exploratory framework of drug related crime in forensic sciences and criminology
title_sort	exploratory framework of drug related crime in forensic sciences and criminology
publisher	Malaysian Society of Applied Biology
publishDate	2016
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An exploratory framework of drug related crime in forensic sciences and criminology

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