The Effects of Drug Trafficking in Urban Communities Inner city youth are usually very impressionable due to less than ideal living conditions in their communities. As a result, it is easy to see why so many African American youth think that selling drug is a way out of poverty. Unfortunately, because of their surroundings, the only people they know with substantial amounts of money are the drug dealers they see in their community. Whether it is a friend of a friend or a close relative, these young people have become accustomed to this way of life. With dreams of one day making enough money to have just the bare necessities or the respect of their peers, these are some of the reasons why drug trafficking is so prevalent in urban areas. In the story The Coldest Winter Ever, by Sister Souljah, she describes how this, the sensationalism and fast money associated with drug trafficking within urban communities, effects a young girl who wants to emulate and hold on to this lifestyle. The Coldest Winter Ever is about a young spoiled self-centered teenage girl, name …show more content…
Youth who chose to become traffickers often do so because they believe it is an exciting way to make a lot of money quickly. (National Crime Prevention Council, Washington, D.C. & National Institute for Citizen Education in the Law, 1992, p. 160) For Winter, in her mind, if this is the way her father maintain the family by selling drugs she could do it too. She wanted to propose a business deal to one of her father’s workers “I’d offer him a partnership since he already knew the business. He’d go for it as long as he got his cut” (Souljah, 1999, p. 90). While trying to find connections with people who she thinks will help her make some fast money, her aunt turns her into the child services and is placed in a group home for teenage
In the 1980’s crack cocaine hit the streets of Los Angeles for some it brought quick fortune but for many doom. Crack cocaine had become a major source of income for those who had been locked out of mainstream America. Heavily armed the Rolling 60’s were one of the most violent, active gangs in Los Angeles. The Rolling 60’s gang members no longer fought over neighborhood rule but, profit endeavors. Gang members had became both a slave to the business, doing whatever the drugs demanded them to do. Crack cocaine had erased those codes of res...
Through globalization, drugs are legalized and popularized among people in Portugal, Switzerland, Czech Republic, The Netherlands, and Uruguay which are countries having relaxed drug policies or decriminalize all drugs. However, drug use is still illegal in most countries, because of its destructive impacts on the human body. Since illegal drugs are expensive, people consider drug users to be wealthy in order to afford addictive drugs. Nevertheless, the young generation is addicted to drugs in the countries of poverty, because young people are the goal focused by drug trafficking, they are able to access both legal and illegal drugs, and youth uses drugs under the stress.
According to Van Wormer & Bartollas (2014), sex trafficking, “encompasses the organized movement of people, usually women, between countries and within countries for sex work” (p. 289). Sex trafficking is also a very lucrative business, it is estimated to make $31. 6 billion annually. This amount is estimated from the 2.5 million people who a trafficked each year. The exact number of people who are victims of the sex industry cannot be predicted accurately for all over the world. In the United States alone there is about 14,500-17,500 people trafficked each year. Human trafficking it the third biggest organized crime after drug and arms trafficking (Hodge, 2014). Young men make up about 44% of people being trafficked, while women and girls
Allison Abner, who wrote Gangsta girls, sat down and spoke with three girls who have all been in gangs while, two still are. These girls speak of themselves and many others that live in isolated neighborhoods, where the high school drop-out rates are high, as well as unemployment rates (Abner). They are ready to work hard, and to achieve, but are not given the opportunities to do so. They often come from troubled and violent homes and just need something to ?fill the void...
Weapon: Using a weapon while drug trafficking could lead to much stiffer penalties. You would likely be held on separate charges, and you could face more jail or prison time as a result.
The article states that traffickers/pimps begin by offering the girl or boy a place to stay, food, drugs, and/or alcohol. After trust has grown, the pimp starts asking and pushing the girl/boy to repay them by selling
The field of specialty that I chose to do research on is sex trafficking of youths. Human trafficking throughout the world is the largest criminal industry that continues to grow worldwide. Even though most people believe that human trafficking does not exist in the United States, the reality is that it has been estimated that 300,000 American youths are at risks of “commercial sexual exploitation” (Ark of the Hope). Traffickers use fear tactics in order to lure the child or the adolescent into their company. There is not a specific type that these traffickers are seeking. The “base of the problem of the issue is the traffickers’ goal of exploiting and enslaving victims and the coercive and deceptive practices” that they use to manipulate these children (Human Trafficking: The Problem.). These individuals who deceive and entice the youth do so by prostitution, commercial sexual exploitation, through survival sex, sex tourism, sexual venues, bonded labor,
The explanation of a criminal act is a two way street, while being simple, it’s often very complex. Often society asks how such a crime could occur, what was going through the individuals mind in committing, what was the cause? All factors that influence criminal deviant acts can be encompassed in the lifestyle and culture of a career criminal. Regardless of the subtype a criminal falls in, all offenders have many attributes that parallel each other and lead to deviant behavior. In studying the most common type of criminal, a street offender represents this two way street explanation. While a simple crime can be understood, it’s often layered with a complex framework of causation and external factors. This analysis will venture
Traffickers understand their approach and form of recruitment is crucial to lure their victims into their web of lies. Another tactic that is used is to have other victims to assist them in making the life seem glamorous and appealing. Unfortunately, the vicious circle is thus repeated.
This paper is to give a clear understanding of drug trafficking in the United states. Specifically, the definition of drug trafficking, when drug trafficking became prevalent in the United States, and different drugs being trafficked today. Furthermore, we will look at the stages and production of drug trafficking, according to the article Drug Trafficking, Organized Crime, and Violence in the America’s today by Rosen, Jonathan D., Bagley, and Bruce Michael. Finally, we will discuss some of the gangs heavily involved in drug trafficking, and the long-lasting effects drug trafficking has on society.
It is the fastest-growing business of organized crime and the third-largest criminal enterprise in the world (Rodriguez-Walker, Hill).” As the business has expanded it is more organized and brutal. In some cases victims work for little or no money. As FBI reports women are locked up in rooms or brothels for weeks or months, drugged, terrorized, and raped repeatedly. They drug them in order to make it easier for them to have control. Because these captives fear their traffickers they remain silent and do not take chances even when opportunities to escape are presented. Customers are considered “Johns.” More often than not traffickers who have more than one victim have a “bottom”. The “bottom” has been in the trafficking system the longest and has earned their trust. They collect money from other girls, discipline them and take charge of the day-to-day
One existing conversation is on the controversial matter of whether victims of sex trafficking should be decriminalized. The justice system is meant to focus on victimizers rather than the victims (Dempsey). In the case of minors involved in sex trafficking, prosecution arguably causes more harm than good. Victims rarely disclose details of their situation to the cops out of fear or distrust of law enforcement. However, if we were to decriminalize minor sex trafficking victims, there is a possibility that the problem would surge even more out of control. The argument behind the suspected increase in crime is that the lack of repercussions would make traffickers more daring based on the grounds that they would not have to worry about their sex workers being arrested. On one hand, it is cruel and ineffective to punish these victims and then put them right back into the hands of their pimp. On the other hand, not arresting these prostitutes would make this unlawful conduct that much easier to get away with for Panderers in Las
Haitian Senator-elect Guy Philippe from the Gande-Anse part of Haiti is reportedly prepared to plead guilty to drug trafficking. The Senator was arrested in Haiti earlier this year by agents of the United States Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) while coming out of a radio interview in Port-au-Prince.
· How do the connections between drug trafficking and other crimes (including terrorism) increase the threat of drug trafficking to national security?
Over the past several decades, the United States of America has unveiled thousands of individuals who become human trafficking victims annually. Given the exponential growth of globalization and materialism, individuals and companies have sought out forms to increase profit. Businesses and organizations have deemed interest in partaking into an illicit path to contribute in the expansion and growth of human trafficking for the variety of personal gain. Human trafficking is recognized to be the third most profitable crime next to drug smuggling and smuggling of illegal weapons (Winterdyk, Perrin, & Reichel, 2012). The immense profit provide attention to companies to delve into the human trafficking industry, but the individuals who are hired