The operational styles of crack houses in Detroit
National Library of Medicine & The National Institutes of Health
Department of Criminology, University of South Florida
(Summary of Study)

This chapter identified three methods by which crack cocaine is distributed at the retail level: the street-corner or walk-up sales system, the runners and beepermen system, and the crack house. The chapter devoted primary attention to the crack house, because it appears as the most popular method for distribution. In examining the crack house, it is noted that there are identifiable styles of crack-house operations.

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