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A model of heroin addiction in an urban community developed by Ed Roberts, Gil
Levin, and me in the early 1970s in New York dealt with the significant
criminal justice components of the problem (arresting and jailing of addict
criminals, police action to reduce hard and soft drug supplies) as well as a
number of treatment options, preventive education, and community education.
The work was written up in a book called The Persistent Poppy: A Computer-
Aided Search for Heroin Policy which is out-of-print, but may be possible to
find in a library. The work is also described in a chapter in Eds book,
Managerial Applications of System Dynamics, available from Pegasus, and in an
article in the June, 1972 issue of the American Journal of Public Health.

Gary Hirsch
GBHirsch@aol.com

Henk Akkermans asked about publications on the judicial system chain
In response Alan Graham mentioned:
* William Shaeffer, MIT Management School PhD thesis, late 1970s,
(unknown title).

I would also like to indicate:
* Paul E. McCold, SUNY PhD thesis, 1993, with the title:
The role of fiscal policy in producing prison population dynamics:
a trend analysis and dynamic simulation of felony offender processing in
New York state (1975-1988)

These are, however, focused on criminal law.
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