The study examined neighbourhood drug markets in the context of the new policyagenda for neighbourhood renewal, including the Neighbourhood Renewal Strategyand New Deal for Communities. It sought to:• identify the extent of drug market activity in deprived neighbourhoods and todescribe its...

Renewed interest in disadvantaged neighbourhoods is generating increasingresearch activity. Current work includes qualitative community studies andquantitative investigations of area effects on individual outcomes. This papercriticises the contribution of area effects research to date....