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Dear colleagues,
While
the operations of crack houses have received significant attention in the US,
by comparison, in the UK, we lack an insight into the precise mechanisms of
such venues. Moreover, crack house literature has leaned more towards examining
methods to close crack houses, rather than seeking to understand the operations
that support them and their social function. Based on ethnographic
research with crack cocaine users during 2004 to 2005, this article
discusses the operations of three UK crack houses, providing a rare UK case
study. The author suggests that the volatile nature of the social and
structural pressures that direct street drug users and drug markets inhibit
categorisation at this point.
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Briggs, School of Law, University of East London, UK.
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