at provide them with some degree of pleasure when the opportunity presents itself (Barlow, 1991, pp. 229 242). A major reason that an ever growing proportion of the population appears to be finding criminal behavior an acceptable alternative to non criminal behavior is the continuing socialization of criminal deviancy (McCord, 1991, pp. 221 228). More and more people are coming to the view that behavior termed criminally deviant is not necessarily socially unacceptable.
Increasingly, attempts are being made to link criminal deviancy with increased drug use in society (Harrison, 1992, pp. 203 245). Most certainly, drug use and criminal behavior frequently accompany one another. Criminal behavior existed prior to increasing drug use, however, and there is little reason to really expect criminal deviancy to disappear if the drug problem is suddenly controlled. Further, the high correlation between drug use and criminal behavior exists because white collar crime and corpor
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