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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Drug dealing"”.
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Drug use and drug dealing in the rave club culture
This thesis is a ‘descriptive analysis’ of drug use and drug selling as it occurred in different leisure venues and settings and among different audiences participating in the London rave dance culture. It is an ethnographic study informed through a ‘participant observer’ approach. The main methods …
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An Exploration of how the Social Supply and User-Dealer Supply of Illicit Drugs Differs to Conventional Notions of Drug Dealing and Consideration of the Consequences of this for Sentencing Policy
… both in the UK, and internationally, to describe drug distribution that is non-commercially motivated and almost exclusively found between friends and acquaintances. Social suppliers have increasingly been presented as actors who are qualitatively different to drug dealers (proper), in relation to …
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Operationalizing the spatial influence of the risk factors behind the open-air drug markets in Durham region
The social cost of illegal drugs has reached a very high point both in Canada and around the world. The efforts to control the global flow of illegal drugs have not achieved to compensate these costs. This thesis examines the relatively neglected approach of controlling open-air drug markets in an …
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Defining Success in Anti-Trafficking Policy: An Analysis of the U.S. State Departments Criteria for Combating Human Trafficking
… Department of Health and Human Services, "after drug dealing, human trafficking is tied with the illegal arms industry as the second largest criminal industry in the world today, and it is the fastest growing, with an annual profit of $32 billion" (U.S Department of Health and Human Services, …
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Serious, violent, and chronic juvenile offenders: a systems approach
… carrying a handgun, shooting a gun at someone), drug dealing offenses (for example, selling marijuana, cocaine), and drug use. The sample (N = 127) is composed of male and female youths between the ages of 12 and 18 years who were detained in two different juvenile detention centers at the time …
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Description of the Trio/Upward Bound Students' Construction of Vocations Using George Kelly's Rep Test Method
… by their unique experiences such as identifying drug dealing and other illegal means as a way of earning money. The collective responses identified sixteen common career themes among the students.</p>
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A comparative analysis of corporate fraud
… Treaties, which help to combat fraud, treaties dealing with terrorism, drug dealing, money laundering, and other organised crime, corporate fraud is still a serious problem. The conclusions can be summarised as follows. The UK could learn much from the French legal system and the way France …
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Child Criminal Exploitation, County Lines & Victim Identification: An Exploratory Study
… by which young people involved in county lines drug dealing identify, and are identified, as victims of child criminal exploitation (CCE) in the context of the English youth justice system. Despite calls to recognise experiences of CCE among young people involved in county lines, the label …
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From Community Policing And Crime Control To Security Policing And Citizen Control: Rural And Small-Town Policing In Post 9/11 America
… of threat and risk, including terrorism, drug dealing, sexual deviance, natural disasters and perceived threats to security and social order generally. Additionally, traditional crime control tactics morph into technology-driven endeavors to monitor and control threats to established …
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Substance Use and Drug Distribution at the Individual Level: A Grounded Theory Approach
… occurs among individuals that distribute drugs and there is a limited amount of research that has examined both use and distribution. A grounded theory approach was used to develop a framework for analyzing relationships between use and distribution behaviors. 15 participants (five female, …
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Community perceptions of South African Police Service responses to substance use and the impacts on health and well-being of community leaders and substance users in a peri-urban community in Cape Town.
In South Africa, high levels of drug-related crime, including drug dealing, theft, and possession alongside widespread substance use and a history of violent police interventions in communities, reflect ineffective policing. Reports frequently highlight corrupt policing and police involvement in …