Gang Involvement in "Rock" Cocaine Trafficking in Los Angeles, 1984-1985
Description
The purpose of this data collection was to investigate the
possible increase in gang involvement within cocaine and "rock"
cocaine trafficking. Investigators also examined the relationships
among gangs, cocaine trafficking, and increasing levels of violence.
They attempted to determine the effects of increased gang involvement
in cocaine distribution in terms of the location of an incident, the
demographic profiles of suspects, and the level of firearm use. They
also looked at issues such as whether the connection between gangs and
cocaine trafficking yielded more drug-related violence, how the
connection between gangs and cocaine trafficking affected police
investigative processes such as intra-organizational communication and
the use of special enforcement technologies, what kinds of working
relationships were established between narcotics units and gang
control units, and what the characteristics were of the rock
trafficking and rock house technologies of the dealers. Part 1 (Sales
Arrest Incident Data File) contains data for the cocaine sales arrest
incidents. Part 2 (Single Incident Participant Data File) contains
data for participants of the cocaine sales arrest incidents. Part 3
(Single Incident Participant Prior Arrest Data File) contains data for
the prior arrests of the participants in the cocaine arrest
incidents. Part 4 (Multiple Event Incident Data File) contains data
for multiple event incidents. Part 5 (Multiple Event Arrest Incident
Data File) contains data for arrest events in the multiple event
incidents. Part 6 (Multiple Event Incident Participant Data File)
contains data for the participants of the arrest events. Part 7
(Multiple Event Incident Prior Arrest Data File) contains data for the
prior arrest history of the multiple event participants. Part 8
(Homicide Incident Data File) contains data for homicide
incidents. Part 9 (Homicide Incident Suspect/Victim Data File)
contains data for the suspects and victims of the homicide
incidents. Major variables characterizing the various units of
observation include evidence of gang involvement, presence of drugs,
presence of a rock house, presence of firearms or other weapons,
presence of violence, amount of cash taken as evidence, prior arrests,
and law enforcement techniques.
Resources
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ICPSR09398.v1 |
https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09398.v1 |
Tags
- drug-traffic
- criminal-investigations
- gangs
- police-departments
- drug-related-crimes
- law-enforcement
- violence
- cocaine