Interplay of drug use and crime
OneSearch - drug use and criminal activity or crimes
Suggested Databases: Academic Search Premier, Criminal Justice Abstracts, APA PsycInfo, HeinOnline, Gale eBooks
Search terms to try: 1st box drug use or substance abuse or narcotics
2nd box crimes or criminal behavior or criminality
HeinOnline: drugs and crime
Find other terms to use to expand your search:
police or policing or cops or law enforcement or police officers
body cameras or body-worn cameras or wearable video device
hate crimes or racism or prejudice
domestic violence or domestic abuse or intimate partner abuse
drug use or drug abuse or substance abuse or drug misuse or illegal drugs
gun control or gun legislation or firearm regulation or second amendment or assault weapons ban
effect or impact or influence or consequences or outcome or benefits
Police use of body cameras
Police or law enforcement or cops or police officers AND body cameras or body-worn cameras or wearable video device
Drug use among teenagers
drug use or drug abuse or substance use or substance abuse or “illegal drugs” or illegal substance AND teenagers or youth or adolescents or “young adult”
Effectiveness of the death penalty
Effect* or impact or consequences or benefits AND death penalty or death row or capital punishment or execution
Effective ways to deter hate crimes
Effect* or impact or prevention or deter*or improvement AND “hate crimes” or racism or stereotypes or prejudice
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