Title

Lifestyles of the wheelers and dealers: Drug dealing among american college students

Abstract

Several common motivations for participating in drug dealing are selling to ensure a personal supply, or selling for economic gain. Research on these motives typically utilizes small voluntary or compliant (incarcerated) samples. The purpose of this paper is to add to the literature regarding who is involved in the sale of illicit drugs, and to identify lifestyle characteristics of individuals involved in the drug trade. Based on a 1996 survey of 1500 college students, it provides significant support for previous qualitative research while still supplying some unique findings as well. Findings suggest the lifestyles of drug dealers vary in their criminogenic intensity. However, in many other areas of life (social activities, student life, neighborhood characteristics, and demographics), it appears that the college drug dealer is just like any other college student. © 1998, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

Publication Date

1-1-1998

Publication Title

Journal of Crime and Justice

Volume

21

Issue

2

Number of Pages

37-56

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1080/0735648X.1998.9721599

Socpus ID

1442352566 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/1442352566

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