Drug Trafficking

Author : Bruce M. Bagley,Jonathan D. Rosen
Publisher : University Press of Florida
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780813063126

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Drug Trafficking, Organized Crime, and Violence in the Americas Today by Bruce M. Bagley,Jonathan D. Rosen Pdf

"An extensive overview of the drug trade in the Americas and its impact on politics, economics, and society throughout the region. . . . Highly recommended."--Choice "A first-rate update on the state of the long-fought hemispheric 'war on drugs.' It is particularly timely, as the perception that the war is lost and needs to be changed has never been stronger in Latin and North America."--Paul Gootenberg, author of Andean Cocaine: The Making of a Global Drug "A must-read volume for policy makers, concerned citizens, and students alike in the current search for new approaches to forty-year-old policies largely considered to have failed."--David Scott Palmer, coauthor of Power, Institutions, and Leadership in War and Peace "A very useful primer for anyone trying to keep up with the ever-evolving relationship between drug enforcement and drug trafficking."--Peter Andreas, author of Smuggler Nation: How Illicit Trade Made America In 1971, Richard Nixon declared a war on drugs. Despite foreign policy efforts and attempts to combat supply lines, the United States has been for decades, and remains today, the largest single consumer market for illicit drugs on the planet. This volume argues that the war on drugs has been ineffective at best and, at worst, has been highly detrimental to many countries. Leading experts in the fields of public health, political science, and national security analyze how U.S. policies have affected the internal dynamics of Mexico, Colombia, Bolivia, Peru, Brazil, Argentina, Central America, and the Caribbean islands. Together, they present a comprehensive overview of the major trends in drug trafficking and organized crime in the early twenty-first century. In addition, the editors and contributors identify emerging issues and propose several policy options to address them. This accessible and expansive volume provides a framework for understanding the limits and liabilities in the U.S.-championed war on drugs throughout the Americas.

Author : Julie Marie Bunck,Michael Ross Fowler
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 445 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2015-06-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780271059457

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Bribes, Bullets, and Intimidation by Julie Marie Bunck,Michael Ross Fowler Pdf

Bribes, Bullets, and Intimidation is the first book to examine drug trafficking through Central America and the efforts of foreign and domestic law enforcement officials to counter it. Drawing on interviews, legal cases, and an array of Central American sources, Julie Bunck and Michael Fowler track the changing routes, methods, and networks involved, while comparing the evolution and consequences of the drug trade through Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, and Panama over a span of more than three decades. Bunck and Fowler argue that while certain similar factors have been present in each of the Central American states, the distinctions among these countries have been equally important in determining the speed with which extensive drug trafficking has taken hold, the manner in which it has evolved, the amounts of different drugs that have been transshipped, and the effectiveness of antidrug efforts.

Author : J. Fleetwood
Publisher : Springer
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2014-06-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137271907

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Drug Mules by J. Fleetwood Pdf

Winner of the British Society of Criminology Book Prize, 2015 Fleetwood explores how women become involved in trafficking, focusing on the lived experiences of women as drug mules. Offering theoretical insights from gender theory and transnational criminology, Fleetwood argues that women's participation in the drugs trade cannot be adequately understood through the lenses of either victimization or agency.

Author : Paul Rexton Kan
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2016-07-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781442247598

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Drug Trafficking and International Security by Paul Rexton Kan Pdf

Each chapter examines how drug trafficking affects a certain security issue, such as rogue nations, weak and failing states, protracted intrastate conflicts, terrorism, transnational crime, public health, and cyber security. This book provides an understanding of how an array of threats to international security are exacerbated by drug trafficking.

Author : Nicole Horning
Publisher : Greenhaven Publishing LLC
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2017-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781534561793

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Drug Trafficking by Nicole Horning Pdf

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.

Author : Frederick John Desroches
Publisher : Canadian Scholars’ Press
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781551302317

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The Crime that Pays by Frederick John Desroches Pdf

The Crime that Pays is a study of higher-level drug syndicates and organized criminals who have achived huge incomes and high status in their deviant occupations.

Author : Patricia A. Adler
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : History
ISBN : 0231081332

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Wheeling and Dealing by Patricia A. Adler Pdf

Wheeling and Dealing is a vivid account of the world inhabited by "wholesale" illicit drug traffickers. Based on six years of participant observation, fieldwork, and extensive interviews in an elite Southern California community of dealers, the book gives a rare glimpse into the decadent yet fascinating "subculture of drug trafficking and unending partying, mixed with occasional cloak-and-dagger subterfuge." This second edition brings the story up to date by revealing the fate of several of Adler's key informants. By tracing their lives over a fifteen-year span, Adler offers a unique longitudinal perspective on deviant careers and the reintegration of dealers into conventional society. She also analyzes the unintended consequences of the federal government's war on drugs, tying it to the increasing violence and organizational sophistication of drug traffickers and the rise of international cartels.

Author : Alison Jamieson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Cocaine industry
ISBN : UOM:39015018928922

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Global Drug Trafficking by Alison Jamieson Pdf

Author : Philip Michael Bolton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Defense (Criminal procedure)
ISBN : 0779873394

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Defending Drug Cases by Philip Michael Bolton Pdf

Author : Daurius Figueira
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2004-11
Category : Cocaine industry
ISBN : 9780595336326

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Cocaine and Heroin Trafficking in the Caribbean by Daurius Figueira Pdf

Volume 1 outlines the nature and structures of illicit drug trafficking in the Caribbean. It discusses the escalating levels of social violence, crime and grinding poverty all linked to the illicit drug trade.

Author : Elaine Carey
Publisher : UNM Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2014-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780826351999

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Women Drug Traffickers by Elaine Carey Pdf

In the flow of drugs to the United States from Latin America, women have always played key roles as bosses, business partners, money launderers, confidantes, and couriers—work rarely acknowledged. Elaine Carey’s study of women in the drug trade offers a new understanding of this intriguing subject, from women drug smugglers in the early twentieth century to the cartel queens who make news today. Using international diplomatic documents, trial transcripts, medical and public welfare studies, correspondence between drug czars, and prison and hospital records, the author’s research shows that history can be as gripping as a thriller.

Author : Suzette A. Haughton
Publisher : University Press of America
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2011-05-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780761854487

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Drugged Out by Suzette A. Haughton Pdf

To penetrate the United States and Britain's markets with illicit drugs, Jamaican traffickers employed diverse and novel transportation methods and techniques in the post-1990 era that were more sophisticated than the trafficking of the 1980's. This transformation was particularly due to traffickers exploiting global processes to enhance their illegal drug industry. In response, Jamaica, America, and Britain have continuously established state-oriented actions aimed at curtailing the cross-border drug trade, thereby reflecting their resilience in combating this problem. This book explores past and present drug trafficking within the context of globalisation and examines state instituted responses to curb this problem. It demystifies the Jamaican, British, and American states' roles in the face of global security threats, such as drug trafficking, arguing that both developed and developing states pursue their national interests and maximize their goals through the exercise of state-power in controlling their territories and protecting their nationals from harm posed by traffickers.

Author : Jill Sherman
Publisher : ABDO
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781616133412

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Drug Trafficking by Jill Sherman Pdf

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 : Elaine Carey
Publisher : University of New Mexico Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Drug abuse and crime
ISBN : 9780826351982

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Women Drug Traffickers by Elaine Carey Pdf

"The first full-length study of female drug traffickers. The lives of these women are fascinating and skillfully analyzed by the author. The book will be pleasurable reading to general readers and specialists alike."--Howard Campbell, author of Drug War Zone: Frontline Dispatches from the Streets of El Paso and Juárez

Author : Julie Marie Bunck,Michael Ross Fowler
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2015-06-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780271059471

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Bribes, Bullets, and Intimidation by Julie Marie Bunck,Michael Ross Fowler Pdf

Bribes, Bullets, and Intimidation is the first book to examine drug trafficking through Central America and the efforts of foreign and domestic law enforcement officials to counter it. Drawing on interviews, legal cases, and an array of Central American sources, Julie Bunck and Michael Fowler track the changing routes, methods, and networks involved, while comparing the evolution and consequences of the drug trade through Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, and Panama over a span of more than three decades. Bunck and Fowler argue that while certain similar factors have been present in each of the Central American states, the distinctions among these countries have been equally important in determining the speed with which extensive drug trafficking has taken hold, the manner in which it has evolved, the amounts of different drugs that have been transshipped, and the effectiveness of antidrug efforts.