I would consider the drug related crimes taking place over the U.S. and Mexico border to be a transnational crime. I base this decision off the definition of transnational crime in oxford bibliographies. The definition says these crime are "violation of law that involve more than one country in their planning, execution, or impact". Also it goes further to point out three basic categories of crime, one of which is involving provision of illicit goods (drug trafficking and more). So by definition the drug related problem would be considered a transnational crime.
In regards to violence cause by the drug related crimes, there has been a significant increase in common violence in many bordering cities. Along the south boarder of the United
During 1984 through 1994, 10 years into The Crack Epidemic, the homicide rate of African American males aged 14-17 doubled. Along with an increase of African American children in foster care, fetal death rates and weapon arrests. Roles lost in families and the community. Health and lifestyle of the African American communities depleting due to the powerful affects of crack cocaine. The African American community has been significantly affected by The Crack Epidemic in the areas of health and culture as a result of where the source of crack cocaine introduced itself in America, laws surrounding crack cocaine and the perception of the drug.
Critics argue that legalization of certain drugs will not end the drug war and that instead, it will cause more violence and issues for the county’s well being. In the mid-1980’s the cocaine epidemic hit and a large amount of crime, deaths from overdoses and violence came with it. The result of this was laws being placed with minimum punishment for drug trafficking to attempt to control the issue. Throughout the early 1990s crime started to slowly decrease and in 2013 the amount of crime was reduced in half. One viewpoint is that once the title of being non-violent labeled drug traffickers crime started to rise anew. Some crimes included murders of innocent bystanders and more drug flow into the U.S (Cook1). William J. Bennett and John P. Walters, Boston Globe writers, complicate matters further when they write “For 25 years before President Obama, U.S policy confronted drug
When facing criminal drug charges, there is nothing more indispensable than a criminal drug attorney. The legal consequences in these types of criminal cases can be grave. A drugs attorney is absolutely necessary to help a defendant through the complex legal landscape that is to follow. It is important to note, though, that not all attorneys are the same and that it is important to be careful when choosing a lawyer. There are certain key factors to look for in a drug attorney search that any competent criminal drug attorney will have.
Every state has criminal codes that have similar classifications as does federal criminal code. There are less serious or misdemeanor offenses and serious offenses known as felonies. The classification may be a letter system or a number system. A level 3 felony or class C felony will be the third most serious found in most states. Class C felony fines will vary depending on how states classify felony crimes.
The Drug Court: Treatment Program Feedback Survey will be made available to current participants who are in the program, prospective graduates, and prior participants who have recently failed or completed the drug court program. With current drug court participants, the survey packet will be given to them during their weekly judicial visitation. For the prospective graduates, the survey instrument will be built into graduation requirements. For prior participants who have already completed, been terminated, or dropped out of the program, surveys will be mailed to their latest address along with a prepaid postage envelope. In the drug court survey packet, there will be a confidentiality/consent form, which will need to be signed prior to taking the survey. Surveys will be made available via paper-form or online, which will be noted in the packet. Those who opt to take the survey online via the individual drug court program website will be given a user id and password associated with each participant’s name. This slip will be provided in all survey packets, making the online survey an option for whoever has computer access.
I can’t speak for the entire State of Texas but Travis County drug court is making a positive impact on offenders’ lives. Two judges who manage Travis County’s drug court are directing addicts into a court supervised treatment program instead of incarceration. Drug courts like the one in Travis County have successfully handled nonaggressive defendants with drug and alcohol addictions. People who complete drug court programs rarely fall back into substance abuse. Per four drug-court judges surveyed, about 10 percent of program graduates commit new crimes. That’s a recidivism rate of one-fifth that of traditional probation programs. Which shows drug courts can ease the strain on congested penitentiaries and save taxpayer money. A study done by
Putting in charge of developing a drug court it is dream come true because I have always eager to help people overcome any obstacles they deal with in the life. Being a drug addict is something very serious and that cause you to lose your dignity, money and loves ones because once you addicted to the drugs you will go the extreme miles to get that drug and it will become a necessity instead of a need for you. Since I have been putting in charge of developing a new drug court that can help someone, I must first discuss how I will develop that court and criteria but first before discussing the who is eligible, who is not eligible, and the elements of how the drug court will consist of but first I have to explain what is a drug court and provide
This first week the assignment was to Define crime, its relationship to the law, and the two most common models of how society determines which acts are criminal, Describe the government structure as it applies to the criminal justice system, Identify choice theories and the their assumptions in regards to crime, Describe the components of the criminal justice system and the criminal justice process, Identify the goals of the criminal justice system.
Drug related crimes are committed daily even by American citizens, but the crime rate in the U.S as risen tremendously due
In the review “Drug Use, Drug Possession Arrests, and the Question of Race: Lessons from Seattle,” analysts questioned if the connection between racial disparity in drug arrests is linked with the underlying factor of harmful forms of drugs being concentrated in poorer areas. These poorer areas are dominantly known for many communities of different colors, especially African Americans and Latinos. The question of whether or not drug arrest is based upon racial bias is highly argued topic today amongst communities and police force. This article talks about the racial disparity, specifically in Seattle, that surrounds drugs in the form of crack cocaine which shaped the way police identify and arrest criminals. Many experts have theorized
The militarization and criminalization of drugs in Latin America has led to a precipitous increase in violence, killing thousands of people and injuring many more. Economist Jeffrey Miron of CNN writes, “Prohibition creates violence because it drives the drug market underground. This means buyers and sellers
Thus, no matter what quantity (usage of drugs) will go down (Q2). The direction in which the price moves depends on which shift is larger. It has been shown that price will most likely go up; the reason for this is because law enforcement often goes after the suppliers with more effort than they go after the buyers because it has a greater deterrent effect because it is harder to sell than buy (Hellman and Alper). Also the punishments for sellers are much worse than for buyers. Therefore, the leftward shift of the supply schedule (S2), caused by the decrease in supply, is much larger than the shift in the demand schedule (D2); this causes a larger decrease in supply than in demand (area between S1 and S2 is larger) which then causes the increase in price from P1 to P2 (Graph A) (Miller). The increase in helps explain why drug offenders commit more property crime when drugs are illegal. Most property crimes are committed for financial motives; it is then safe to assume that drug offenders steal the property for money to buy drugs and to pay off all of the costs mentioned above. Violent crime can be explained through the use of drug selling gangs. The gangs fight over selling territory. The gang leaders can be seen as entrepreneurs and it is in their best interest to maximize profit. To do this they must lower competition and fight rival gangs to drive them out of their
Examining and understanding the theories of crime and delinquency allow a formidable argument to be formulated regarding the ineffectiveness of corporal punishment dependent on the influencing factor. The strain theory states, “When individuals are faced with a gap between their goals, which are usually centered around money, strain occurs.” (Gutierrez, 2008). Society has a dominant set of values and goals along with acceptable means of achieving them. When juveniles do not meet the society defined definition of success, the probability of deviance increases. Juveniles do not have the ability to have a steady flow of income while underage. They are dependent on their parent or guardian to fulfill their requests. In order to be accepted by
I attended Drug Court held at the Dunklin County Justice Center in Kennett, Missouri. Court was scheduled for 9:00 a.m. on June 14, 2017. I contacted Julie Spielman who serves as the Drug Court Administrator ahead of time to inform her of the assignment and to find out when the next meeting was. She was very helpful in providing me with various options of dates and times of available court hearings. She gave me directions to follow once I arrived at the Justice Center. Julie made me feel comfortable in attending. Observing Drug Court was very interesting and an eye-opening experience. This was my first time attending so I did not know what to expect. I expected to be in a court room with a judge and have various members of the community there to report on their progress. Phillip Britt, serves as the Drug Court Commissioner and he was leading court. He called each member up to the stand to report on their progress in treatment and to sign off that they were in attendance. I feel that Drug Court is very effective for those in treatment to attend. Along with their caseworker and the judge, members are held accountable to attend treatment, various meetings such as AA or NA, and encouraged to make positive choices to ensure sobriety. I observed that the court system works very well with the person in treatment. They work as a team to get the person sober and help them through treatment. The court system has strict guidelines set that each person must follow to graduate the
Drug trafficking is where it is the selling of illegal drugs all over the world. The penalties are results in first degree felony, so for Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman's is the world’s most powerful drug trafficker is very dangerous. He’s been arrested two times and escaped once in 2001 and recently on July 11, 2015. El Chapo got out by escaping through a tunnel in his shower stall since that’s the only area where there is no camera shot to give him some privacy; however “as we all know, it actually provided an advantage, a blind spot, where Guzman was able to go through the floor and out to freedom.” (NPR.org)