SOC229 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Desroches Island, Methamphetamine, Victim Blaming
16 Oct 2015
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Module 16 - the nature of drug trafficking and research methodology. Demand for illicit drugs creates a huge potential for profits for criminals. Controlled drugs and substances act lists drugs such as marijuana, meth, heroin, cocaine: these are prohibited / illicit drugs. Is a consensual criminal activity; the people involved consent to be involved. Police need to use very aggressive types of investigative techniques: surveillance techniques = get a bug on people"s phone, use videos, intrusive techniques = undercover agent. The title of the book - the crime that pays. Most crimes seems to be very little pay and high risk (ex. robbery) With drug trafficking, it appears to be low risk and high paying. Drug trafficking includes: importation, manufacturing, cultivation and distribution. Supplier / source = dealers buy from them. Distributor / wholesaler = dealers selling to other dealers. Retailers / pushers / lower-level dealers / street dealers = sell to users.
