Robbery In The Illegal Drugs Trade

Author : Robert McLean
Publisher : Policy Press
ISBN 13 : 152922392X
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Robbery in the Illegal Drugs Trade written by Robert McLean and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2022-01-17 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robbery can be planned or spontaneous and is a typically short, chaotic crime that is comparatively under-researched. This book transports the reader to the streets and focuses on the real-life narratives and motivations of the youth gang members and adult organized criminals immersed in this form of violence. Uniquely focusing on robberies involving drug dealers and users, this book considers the material and emotional gains and losses to offenders and victims, and offers policy recommendations to reduce occurrences of this common crime.

Author : Bruce Jacobs
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351492810
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Robbing Drug Dealers written by Bruce Jacobs and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-29 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume fills a research gap of striking proportions by exploring the contingencies that mediate the crimes perpetrated on those who are themselves perpetrators. The notion that violence is something that happens only to law-abiding citizens is both widely held and inaccurate. The disproportionate share of victims of crime are, in reality, themselves involved in crime. Yet existing scholarship has failed to explore the contingencies that mediate offenses like drug robbery - from the forces that inspire it, to the methods used to select targets, to the means employed to generate compliance, down to the tactics used to thwart retaliatory attempts after the crime has ended.Given that predatory behavior between and among offenders ultimately spreads to society at large (the ""contagion effect""), a research gap of striking proportions has emerged. The imprudence of robbing other criminals is widely assumed. Yet criminologists paradoxically observe that a major benefit of robbing fellow criminals is that they cannot report the offense to the authorities. Why, then, should offenders elect to reduce their odds of getting arrested at the cost of enhancing their chances of getting killed?Drawing on candid interviews with the perpetrators, Jacobs attempts to answer such questions and fill this gap in the research agenda of criminology. The result is a narrative that explores the world of street-corner drugs from the vantage point of those who actually commit these high-risk crimes. It also introduces serious ethical issues that criminology and law enforcement tend to gloss over or ignore entirely. This work is innovative and troubling at the same time. It takes a theme that Hollywood films have explored in greater depth than social science, and restores it as a crucial part of the ethnography of crime.

Author : Jill Sherman
Publisher : ABDO
ISBN 13 : 1616133414
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Drug Trafficking written by Jill Sherman and published by ABDO. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title examines one of the world's critical issues, drug trafficking. Readers will learn the historical background of this issue leading up to its current and future impact on society. Drug farmers, producers, smugglers, dealers, and users are discussed in detail, as well as law enforcement against the illegal drug trade. Also covered are legalization of drug use, drug trafficking organizations, programs and organizations against illegal drugs, drug trafficking related to the global economy, and the cost of the U.S. war on drugs. Engaging text, informative sidebars, and color photographs present information realistically, leaving readers with a thorough, honest interpretation of drug trafficking. Features include a timeline, facts, additional resources, Web sites, a glossary, a bibliography, and an index. Essential Issues is a series in Essential Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.

Author : McLean, Robert
Publisher : Policy Press
ISBN 13 : 1529223938
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Robbery in the Illegal Drugs Trade written by McLean, Robert and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2022-01-17 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robbery can be planned or spontaneous and is a typically short, chaotic crime that is comparatively under-researched. This book transports the reader to the streets and focuses on the real-life narratives and motivations of the youth gang members and adult organized criminals immersed in this form of violence. Uniquely focusing on robberies involving drug dealers and users, this book considers the material and emotional gains and losses to offenders and victims, and offers policy recommendations to reduce occurrences of this common crime.

Author : Bruce A. Jacobs
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9780202306483
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Robbing Drug Dealers written by Bruce A. Jacobs and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on 2000-01 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume fills a research gap of striking proportions by exploring the contingencies that mediate the crimes perpetrated on those who are themselves perpetrators. The notion that violence is something that happens only to law-abiding citizens is both widely held and inaccurate. The disproportionate share of victims of crime are, in reality, themselves involved in crime. Yet existing scholarship has failed to explore the contingencies that mediate offenses like drug robbery--from the forces that inspire it, to the methods used to select targets, to the means employed to generate compliance, down to the tactics used to thwart retaliatory attempts after the crime has ended. Given that predatory behavior between and among offenders ultimately spreads to society at large (the "contagion effect"), a research gap of striking proportions has emerged. The imprudence of robbing other criminals is widely assumed. Yet criminologists paradoxically observe that a major benefit of robbing fellow criminals is that they cannot report the offense to the authorities. Why, then, should offenders elect to reduce their odds of getting arrested at the cost of enhancing their chances of getting killed? Drawing on candid interviews with the perpetrators, Jacobs attempts to answer such questions and fill this gap in the research agenda of criminology. The result is a narrative that explores the world of street-corner drugs from the vantage point of those who actually commit these high-risk crimes. It also introduces serious ethical issues that criminology and law enforcement tend to gloss over or ignore entirely. This work is innovative and troubling at the same time. It takes a theme that Hollywood films have explored in greater depth than social science, and restores it as a crucial part of the ethnography of crime.

Author : Auriana Ojeda
Publisher : Greenhaven Press, Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9780737708547
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Drug Trafficking written by Auriana Ojeda and published by Greenhaven Press, Incorporated. This book was released on 2002 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the controversial topic of the war on drugs and includes articles and book excerpts if they contribute valuable, long-range ideas to the debate. Whenever possible, current information is enhanced with historical documents and other relevant materials.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Drug Trafficking written by and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : James C. Howell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 16 pages
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Download or read book Youth Gang Drug Trafficking written by James C. Howell and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Mark Harrison Moore
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 16 pages
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Download or read book The Police and Drugs written by Mark Harrison Moore and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Nicole Horning
Publisher : Greenhaven Publishing LLC
ISBN 13 : 1534562745
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Drug Trafficking written by Nicole Horning and published by Greenhaven Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2017-12-15 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The drug trade is a lucrative business, and drug traffickers find inventive ways to protect their investments. Smugglers have a variety of means available to them to move large amounts of drugs between countries, including underground tunnels, secret pockets, and even the postal service. This means law enforcement officials must be clever and creative in their pursuit of these criminals. Readers learn how police target drug traffickers and what they can do to pursue a similar career. Informative sidebars, fact boxes, and full-color photographs give a full picture of the work that law enforcement officials do to apprehend drug traffickers.