Researching the link between gambling and crime RESEARCHING THE LINK BETWEEN GAMBLING AND CRIME Penny Crofts * University of Technology Sydney Paper presented at the Evaluation in Crime and Justice: Trends and Methods Conference Research for Practice - NCJRS RESEARCH FOR PRACTICE / JUL Y 04 ABOUT THIS REPORT Is there a connection between problem gambling and crime? Do compulsive or pathologi cal gamblers resort to crimi nal activity to pay their debts and finance their bets? To examine the link between problem gambling and crime, researchers interviewed arrestees in Las Vegas and (PDF) RESEARCHING THE LINK BETWEEN GAMBLING AND CRIME
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