Home Institution
Marquette University
Publication Date
Fall 2005
Abstract
Research was conducted in Malindi focusing on the social and economic characteristics of heroin-users. A survey of users’ ages, employment, education level, future ambitions, family status, and attitudes towards rehabilitation was undertaken with the assistance of The Omari Project, a local non-governmental organization specializing in rehabilitation services. The findings reveal a community mired in the throes of poverty and unemployment, which exacerbates the community’s drug problem. Recommendations are offered suggesting how best to meet the economic and social challenges presented by the heroin-using community.
Disciplines
Social Control, Law, Crime, and Deviance | Sociology
Recommended Citation
St. Arnold, Greg, "A Small Town Drug Problem: The Socio-Economy of Malindi’s Heroin-Using Population" (2005). Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection. 411.
https://digitalcollections.sit.edu/isp_collection/411
Program Name
Kenya: Swahili Studies and Coastal Cultures