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Understanding the Demand for Illegal Drugs

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309159342
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Understanding the Demand for Illegal Drugs written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2010-10-23 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite efforts to reduce drug consumption in the United States over the past 35 years, drugs are just as cheap and available as they have ever been. Cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamines continue to cause great harm in the country, particularly in minority communities in the major cities. Marijuana use remains a part of adolescent development for about half of the country's young people, although there is controversy about the extent of its harm. Given the persistence of drug demand in the face of lengthy and expensive efforts to control the markets, the National Institute of Justice asked the National Research Council to undertake a study of current research on the demand for drugs in order to help better focus national efforts to reduce that demand. This study complements the 2003 book, Informing America's Policy on Illegal Drugs by giving more attention to the sources of demand and assessing the potential of demand-side interventions to make a substantial difference to the nation's drug problems. Understanding the Demand for Illegal Drugs therefore focuses tightly on demand models in the field of economics and evaluates the data needs for advancing this relatively undeveloped area of investigation.

Illegal Drug Markets

Author : Mangai Natarajan
Publisher : Willow Tree Press
ISBN 13 : 9781881798248
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (982 download)

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Download or read book Illegal Drug Markets written by Mangai Natarajan and published by Willow Tree Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyzes the operation of illegal drug markets and explores the implications for prevention policy. Topics include crack distribution and abuse in New York, how young Britons obtain drugs, the impact of heroin prescription in Switzerland, the consumer behaviour of female drug users, heroin use and dealing in an English Asian community, Swedish drug markets and drug policy, performance management indicators and drug enforcement, connecting drug policy and research on drug markets. Contributors to this book are drawn from the UK, Europe and the USA.

Policing Illegal Drug Markets

Author : George F. Rengert
Publisher : Criminal Justice Press
ISBN 13 : 9781881798576
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (985 download)

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Download or read book Policing Illegal Drug Markets written by George F. Rengert and published by Criminal Justice Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Our Right to Drugs

Author : Thomas Szasz
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780815603337
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (33 download)

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Download or read book Our Right to Drugs written by Thomas Szasz and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 1996-04-01 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Our Right to Drugs, Szasz shows how the present drug war started at the beginning of this century, when the US government first assumed the task of protecting people from patent medicines. By the end of World War I the free market in drugs was but a dim memory. Instead of dwelling on the familiar impracticality and unfairness of drug laws, Szasz demonstrates the deleterious effects of prescription laws, which place people under lifelong medical supervision. The result is that most Americans today prefer a coercive and corrupt command drug economy to a free market in drugs.

The Logic of Violence

Author : Brendan Marsh
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429754620
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (297 download)

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Download or read book The Logic of Violence written by Brendan Marsh and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-08-30 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Violence is widely associated with illegal drug markets, and is one of the features that can differentiate illegal capitalism from legitimate business. This book explores the perceived causes and functions of violence in an illegal drug market in Dublin City, Ireland. Understanding why violence occurs amongst participants in illegal drug markets is an ongoing part of the criminological endeavour. Scholars debate the various business and personal factors that contribute towards violent perpetration. Complex aspects of participants’ lives, such as addictive disorders, socioeconomic status, and socialisation, add further complexity. This book examines violence in an illegal drug market from the perspectives of those who had participated in it, that is, formerly addicted people as well as former profit-oriented drug dealers. The text is the result of the first ethnographic study of an illegal drug market in Dublin. This book will appeal to undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as scholars interested in the criminology and psychology of violence. More specifically, the book will be relevant to those interested in the areas of illegal drug markets, gang studies, the intersection of drugs and crime, and desistance from crime.

Illegal Markets and the Economics of Organized Crime

Author : Martin Bouchard
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317987519
Total Pages : 171 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (179 download)

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Download or read book Illegal Markets and the Economics of Organized Crime written by Martin Bouchard and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-13 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book showcases recent advances in the theoretical and empirical understanding of the economic aspects of organised crime and illegal markets. It provides new insights into defining and quantifying the influence of organised crime by drawing on innovative approaches to studying criminal networks and organisations such as the Hells Angels. The book includes analysis of the structure of illegal drug markets from international leaders in the field. Finally the text includes empirical case studies of the diverse markets where organised crime is currently active including the illegal market for crystal methamphetamine in Australia, tiger products in China and the falcon and fur trades in Russia. This book was based on a special issue of Global Crime.

World Drug Report 2019 (Set of 5 Booklets)

Author : United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Publisher : United Nations
ISBN 13 : 9210041747
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book World Drug Report 2019 (Set of 5 Booklets) written by United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and published by United Nations. This book was released on 2019-06-26 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 2019 World Drug Report will include an updated overview of recent trends on production, trafficking and consumption of key illicit drugs. The Report contains a global overview of the baseline data and estimates on drug demand and supply and provides the reference point for information on the drug situation worldwide.

Illegal Drugs in the U.S.

Author : Lesley Harper
Publisher : Nova Science Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781631179723
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (797 download)

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Download or read book Illegal Drugs in the U.S. written by Lesley Harper and published by Nova Science Publishers. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sense of scale is a prerequisite to thinking sensibly about illicit drug markets. For example, knowing whether a country consumes tens, hundreds, or thousands of metric tons (MTs) of a prohibited substance is critical for understanding the impact of a three-MT seizure at a border crossing. But decision-makers need more than a sense of scale; they also need figures with enough precision to be able to determine whether the markets have become larger or smaller over time. This book provides information on what America's users spend on illegal drugs and which markets have become larger. It also discusses what heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine, and marijuana are and the consequences of drug use.

Illegal Drug Markets

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Illegal Drug Markets written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Informing America's Policy on Illegal Drugs

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309171334
Total Pages : 423 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Informing America's Policy on Illegal Drugs written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2001-09-27 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How should the war on drugs be fought? Everyone seems to agree that the United States ought to use a combination of several different approaches to combat the destructive effects of illegal drug use. Yet there is a remarkable paucity of data and research information that policy makers require if they are to create a useful, realistic policy package-details about drug use, drug market economics, and perhaps most importantly the impact of drug enforcement activities. Informing America's Policy on Illegal Drugs recommends ways to close these gaps in our understanding-by obtaining the necessary data on drug prices and consumption (quantity in addition to frequency); upgrading federal management of drug statistics; and improving our evaluation of prevention, interdiction, enforcement, and treatment efforts. The committee reviews what we do and do not know about illegal drugs and how data are assembled and used by federal agencies. The book explores the data and research information needed to support strong drug policy analysis, describes the best methods to use, explains how to avoid misleading conclusions, and outlines strategies for increasing access to data. Informing America's Policy on Illegal Drugs also discusses how researchers can incorporate randomization into studies of drug treatment and how state and local agencies can compare alternative approaches to drug enforcement. Charting a course toward a better-informed illegal drugs policy, this book will be important to federal and state policy makers, regulators, researchers, program administrators, enforcement officials, journalists, and advocates concerned about illegal drug use.

The Geography Of Illegal Drugs

Author : George F Rengert
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429965079
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book The Geography Of Illegal Drugs written by George F Rengert and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-03-05 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The nightly news and other media provide a constant reminder of illegal drug transport over American borders and along routes between various U.S. cities. The general public is well aware that law enforcement efforts to address the foreign supply and trafficking of illegal drugs into the United States is an ongoing battle.This useful and readable compendium gives a fascinating account of how illegal drugs are transported into and around the United States and throughout its neighborhoods. Criminologist and geographer George F. Rengert takes a unique approach to the problem of illegal drug distribution and U.S. drug markets. Using maps and charts to illustrate his findings, Rengert applies spacial diffusion models to the illegal drug trade and explains why certain drugs are transported and found in different parts of the country. For example, the highest concentration of marijuana plants is not on either coast, but rather across the middle of the United States?throughout what is known as the corn belt. At the local level Rengert assesses the patterns and processes that interconnect drug sales and neighborhood deterioration and change.The book also addresses the important issues of how illegal drugs in this country operate on wholesale and retail levels and ways in which law enforcement at the federal, state, and local levels contend with this widespread problem. Using ethnographic material to provide real-life examples, Rengert explores how drug dealers on the street expand spatially and predictably in their neighborhoods. He illustrates how this knowledge helps law enforcement in efforts to get these drugs off the streets.

Robbery in the Illegal Drugs Trade

Author : McLean, Robert
Publisher : Policy Press
ISBN 13 : 1529223911
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (292 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.

The Geography Of Illegal Drugs

Author : George F Rengert
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429976151
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book The Geography Of Illegal Drugs written by George F Rengert and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-03-05 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The nightly news and other media provide a constant reminder of illegal drug transport over American borders and along routes between various U.S. cities. The general public is well aware that law enforcement efforts to address the foreign supply and trafficking of illegal drugs into the United States is an ongoing battle.This useful and readable compendium gives a fascinating account of how illegal drugs are transported into and around the United States and throughout its neighborhoods. Criminologist and geographer George F. Rengert takes a unique approach to the problem of illegal drug distribution and U.S. drug markets. Using maps and charts to illustrate his findings, Rengert applies spacial diffusion models to the illegal drug trade and explains why certain drugs are transported and found in different parts of the country. For example, the highest concentration of marijuana plants is not on either coast, but rather across the middle of the United States?throughout what is known as the corn belt. At the local level Rengert assesses the patterns and processes that interconnect drug sales and neighborhood deterioration and change.The book also addresses the important issues of how illegal drugs in this country operate on wholesale and retail levels and ways in which law enforcement at the federal, state, and local levels contend with this widespread problem. Using ethnographic material to provide real-life examples, Rengert explores how drug dealers on the street expand spatially and predictably in their neighborhoods. He illustrates how this knowledge helps law enforcement in efforts to get these drugs off the streets.

Illicit Trade and the Global Economy

Author : Cláudia Costa Storti
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262016559
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book Illicit Trade and the Global Economy written by Cláudia Costa Storti and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Economists explore the relationship between expanding international trade and the parallel growth in illicit trade, including illegal drugs, smuggling, and organized crime. As international trade has expanded dramatically in the postwar period--an expansion accelerated by the opening of China, Russia, India, and Eastern Europe--illicit international trade has grown in tandem with it. This volume uses the economist's toolkit to examine the economic, political, and social problems resulting from such illicit activities as illegal drug trade, smuggling, and organized crime. The contributors consider several aspects of the illegal drug market, including the sometimes puzzling relationships among purity, price, and risk; the effect of globalization on the heroin and cocaine markets, examined both through mathematical models and with empirical data from the U.K; the spread of khat, a psychoactive drug imported legally to the U.K. as a vegetable; and the economic effect of the "war on drugs" on producer and consumer countries. Other chapters examine the hidden financial flows of organized crime, patterns of smuggling in international trade, Iran's illicit trading activity, and the impact of mafia-like crime on foreign direct investment in Italy.

Understanding Drug Dealing and Illicit Drug Markets

Author : Tammy C. Ayres
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1351010220
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Understanding Drug Dealing and Illicit Drug Markets written by Tammy C. Ayres and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-07-31 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the drug dealer in contemporary society from an interdisciplinary perspective and considers the increasingly blurred demarcation between illegitimate and legitimate drug markets. It explores the motives and drivers of those involved in drug supply and dispels common and stereotypical myths and misconceptions surrounding illegal drug markets and those who operate within them. The drug dealer has become one of our foremost contemporary ‘folk devils’. Those who trade in substances prohibited by law are the subject of array of inaccurate myths and urban legends. Criminology has tended either to shoehorn drug dealers into neat typologies or portray them as ‘victims’ of an uncaring, predatory post-modern society. In reality, we know relatively little about the complex and diverse world of drug markets and our concentration inevitably falls on low-end ‘retail’ dealers who operate in the most visible sectors of the illegal economy. Bringing together an international group of experts, this book considers perspectives from around the world, including UK, USA, South America, Spain, India and Australia. This book will be of interest to students and researchers across criminology, law, sociology, criminal justice and public health, and will be essential reading for those taking courses on drugs, drug markets and substance misuse.

No Way Out

Author : Waverly Duck
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226297903
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (979 download)

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Download or read book No Way Out written by Waverly Duck and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2015-09-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2005 Waverly Duck was called to a town he calls Bristol Hill to serve as an expert witness in the sentencing of drug dealer Jonathan Wilson. Convicted as an accessory to the murder of a federal witness and that of a fellow drug dealer, Jonathan faced the death penalty, and Duck was there to provide evidence that the environment in which Jonathan had grown up mitigated the seriousness of his alleged crimes. Duck’s exploration led him to Jonathan’s church, his elementary, middle, and high schools, the juvenile facility where he had previously been incarcerated, his family and friends, other drug dealers, and residents who knew him or knew of him. After extensive ethnographic observations, Duck found himself seriously troubled and uncertain: Are Jonathan and others like him a danger to society? Or is it the converse—is society a danger to them? Duck’s short stay in Bristol Hill quickly transformed into a long-term study—one that forms the core of No Way Out. This landmark book challenges the common misconception of urban ghettoes as chaotic places where drug dealing, street crime, and random violence make daily life dangerous for their residents. Through close observations of daily life in these neighborhoods, Duck shows how the prevailing social order ensures that residents can go about their lives in relative safety, despite the risks that are embedded in living amid the drug trade. In a neighborhood plagued by failing schools, chronic unemployment, punitive law enforcement, and high rates of incarceration, residents are knit together by long-term ties of kinship and friendship, and they base their actions on a profound sense of community fairness and accountability. Duck presents powerful case studies of individuals whose difficulties flow not from their values, or a lack thereof, but rather from the multiple obstacles they encounter on a daily basis. No Way Out explores how ordinary people make sense of their lives within severe constraints and how they choose among unrewarding prospects, rather than freely acting upon their own values. What emerges is an important and revelatory new perspective on the culture of the urban poor.

Illegal Markets, Violence, and Inequality

Author : Jean Daudelin
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319762494
Total Pages : 90 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (197 download)

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Download or read book Illegal Markets, Violence, and Inequality written by Jean Daudelin and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-03-21 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book challenges the quasi-consensus that Latin American countries dominate global homicide rankings mainly due to the illegal nature of drug production and trafficking. Building on US scholarship that looks at the role of social exclusion and discriminatory policing in drug violence, the authors of this volume show that the association between illegality and violence cannot be divorced from the inequality that prevails in those countries. This book looks in detail at the functioning of drug markets in Recife, the largest metropolitan area in Brazil’s North-East and, over the last 25 years, the heart of the country’s most violent metropolitan area. Building on extensive interviews and field work, the authors map out the city’s drug markets and explore the reasons why some of those markets are violent, and others are not. The analysis focuses on the micromechanics of each market, looking at consumption patterns and at the workings of retail sales and distribution. Such a systematic micro-level comparative analysis of the workings of Latin American drug markets is simply not available elsewhere in current literature. These findings point to significant gaps in current understandings of the link between illegal markets and violence, and they illuminate the need to factor in the way in which those markets are nested in exclusionary social contexts.