Bouchard, M., Tremblay, P. (2005). Risks of Arrest Across Drug Markets: A Capture-Recapture Analysis of “Hidden” Dealer and User Populations, Journal of Drug Issues, 34(4), 733-54.
Capture-recapture methodologies have been used to estimate the size of the hidden population of active offenders on the basis of the observed properties of the truncated distribution of arrested offenders. We use this approach to estimate the odds of arrest of marijuana, cocaine, crack, and heroin dealers and users in one Canadian province (Quebec). Findings…