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Headings: Crime and Substance Abuse
Crime and Substance Abuse
Criminality and Substance Abuse Linked
Alcohol and Crime
Drugs and Crime
Drug Use and Prostitution
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Content: But there is some gray area in understanding why some users will commit these crimes and others do not. Poverty, personality disorders, social and cultural factors, association with other users and previous incarceration or drug use are all factors. These issues all have an important role in understanding the risk of criminality and drug use. Drug Use and Prostitution
Drug use is intrinsically linked to prostitution, especially street prostitutes. Estimates reveal that between 40 and 85 per cent of all prostitutes are drug users. Many prostitutes, men and women, are selling sex to support their drug habits. Prostitutes are often the victim of violent crimes, rapes, assaults and other serious crimes; but, because of their lifestyle and the work they do, they are unreported crimes. Research has suggested that over 80 per cent of prostitutes had been physically assaulted, threatened with a weapon and were currently or previously homeless. Nearly 70 per cent had been the victim of rape.