SOC229 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Social Learning Theory, Network Theory, Anomie
18 Oct 2016
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Supplier/source - person above one in the chain who buys the drugs. Importer - connections in source countries and smuggle drugs into canada. Distributor/wholesaler - purchase drugs in large quantities and sell them to other dealers down the chain. High level dealers - suppliers, importers and distributors. Low level/pushers/retailers - sell the drugs at a street level. Deal on the side of another job. Deal to support their own addiction or turn a very tiny pro t. Use rst then become dealers - behaviour and then the motivation. Low education and very few high paying job opportunities - therefore menial work. Anomie theory - drug dealing is an adaption to not having a high paying job. Interviews with 70 high level traf ckers in canadian penitentiaries. Additional interviews with drug couriers and the rcmp. Most specialized in the selling of one drug only. Theories: network analysis - drug networks are often based off of criminal associations and friendships.
