出版社：Mediterranean Center of Social and Educational Research (MCSER)
摘要：According to the literature on the drug-crime link, there is relationship between abusing drugs a nd involvement criminal activities. A growing number of literature and empirical research have documented that relationships exists between drug abuse and criminal offences. Through studying a selected sample of three hundred institutionalised drug addicts [inmates] with and without criminal history from two government drug rehabilitation centres in Penang, Malaysia, findings from an empirical research affirmed that indeed relationships exist between drug abuse and involvement in criminal offences. The result of the study reveals that is not in all situation abusers of drugs get involved in criminal activities, even in situation where they do so, abusing the drug alone is inappropriate in justifying their attitudes. In addition to abusing drugs other micro and macro factors should be put in place for proper understanding of their criminal offences
