Restrictive deterrence in drug offenses: A systematic review and meta-synthesis of mixed studies

X Guan, TW Lo - Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Deterrence by punishment aims to prevent a crime; however, it is not always successful.
Restrictive deterrence explains the continuous criminal activities that occur despite …

Restrictive deterrence in Hong Kong drug dealing: exploring a framework of certainty reduction–severity mitigation

CK So, X Guan, TW Lo - Trends in Organized Crime, 2023 - Springer
Using a framework of certainty reduction–severity mitigation, the paper examines how drug
dealers in Hong Kong adopted restrictive deterrence strategies to reduce the certainty, and …

Effective sanction avoidance in drug trafficking: The construction and validation of the restrictive deterrence utility scale using a sample of female drug offenders

X Guan, TW Lo - Journal of Community Psychology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Drug traffickers perform many crime strategies to avoid legal sanctions. The use of any crime
strategy is mainly for reducing the risk of arrest, which has been the focus of research on …

Vapautuvien vankien tuen tarve Turussa

K Talasmäki - 2024 - theseus.fi
Tässä tutkimuksessa tutkitaan eri ikäisten vankien ja rikostaustaisten henkilöiden tuen
tarvetta etenkin Turun seudulla. Tavoitteena oli tutkia myös sitä, miten ikä vaikuttaa …

Organised crime in Red City: an ethnographic study of drugs, vice and violence

M Berry - 2020 - orca.cardiff.ac.uk
Illegal drug trafficking and retail drug sales constitute the most common activity of organised
crime groups in the UK and draw the largest share of resources from the police and prison …

Fronts and Friends: Social Contingencies in the Management of Drug Debt

A Laing, L Richardson - The Sociological Quarterly, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Illicit drug markets have long been associated with violence as a mode of regulating market
behavior, especially regarding debts linked to drug purchase. While a growing literature …