SOC 2070 Chapter Notes -Drug Harmfulness, 6 Years, Casual Sex
18 Mar 2013
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Reseaching dealers and smugglers (adler ch 14 pg. 132-147) investigative field research is perhaps the only way to acquire accurate knowledge about deviant behaviour. Especially necessary for studying groups such as drug dealers and smugglers be- cause they are secretive, deceitful, and paranoid. Adler assumes a peripheral membership role in a groups of dealers and smugglers. Moved to california to do graduate school, started hanging out with neighbour (dave)and buying marijuana off of him. He began treated them to a fairly regular supply of cocaine. Noticed there was something unusual about his use and knowledge of drugs. He always had a plentiful supply and fairly expert knowledge but when tried to buy a small bag he had no idea of the going price. Wondered if he might be dealing in larger quantities. Started observing his life, his friends were all pretty young and wealthy. Never saw them engage in a legitimate job.
