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Crime That Pays : Drug Trafficking and Organized Crime in Canada by Frederick J. Desroches (2005, Trade Paperback)

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Crime That Pays : Drug Trafficking And Organized Crime In Canada, Paperback by Desroches, Frederick J., ISBN 1551302314, ISBN-13 9781551302317, Brand New, Free shipping in the US This book grew out of discussions with a former high-level drug trafficker turned student. Drawing on interviews with convicted drug traffickers and investigators including the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Desroches (sociology and criminology, St. Jerome's U.; U. of Waterloo) covers definitional and legal issues, theories to account for syndicated crime, and social implications. References include court cases. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()

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PublisherCanadian Scholars

ISBN-101551302314

ISBN-139781551302317

eBay Product ID (ePID)45684764

Product Key Features

Number of Pages252 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameCrime That Pays : Drug Trafficking and Organized Crime in Canada

SubjectCriminal Law / General, Organized Crime, Criminology

Publication Year2005

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaLaw, True Crime, Social Science

AuthorFrederick J. Desroches

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight14.6 Oz

Item Length9.7 in

Item Width6.7 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2005-412203

Dewey Edition0

TitleLeadingThe

ReviewsThe Crime that Pays is a thorough and thoughtful analysis of an area that for too long been dominated by sensationalist journalism and political hyperbole. Desroches's book should be studied carefully by criminologists, policy planners and anyone else interested in a sober assessment of how high-level drug markets operate in this country."" - Dr. Vince Sacco, Professor of Sociology at Queen's University, "The Crime that Pays is a thorough and thoughtful analysis of an area that for too long been dominated by sensationalist journalism and political hyperbole. Desroches's book should be studied carefully by criminologists, policy planners and anyone else interested in a sober assessment of how high-level drug markets operate in this country." - Dr. Vince Sacco, Professor of Sociology at Queen's University

Number of Volumes1 vol.

Dewey Decimal364.177/0971

Table Of ContentChapter 1: Drug Trafficking: The Crime That Pays Chapter 2: Drug Trafficking and Organized Crime: Canadian Legislation and Case Law Chapter 3: Organized Crime and Higher-Level Drug Trafficking Chapter 4: The Motivation and Lifestyle of Higher-Level Drug Traffickers Chapter 5: The Modus Operandi of Higher-Level Drug Traffickers: Marketing, Organization, and Security Chapter 6: The Modus Operandi of Higher-Level Drug Traffickers: Fronts, Debts, and Violence Chapter 7: Police Investigations of Higher-Level Drug Traffickers Chapter 8: Higher-Level Drug Trafficking in Canada: Social Policy Implications

SynopsisProvides a study of higher-level drug syndicates and organised criminals who have achieved huge incomes and status. Based on interviews with drug couriers, drug investigators, and 70 higher-level drug traffickers, the book describes the characteristics of offenders, their modus operandi, and the significance of friendship, kinship, race, and ethnicity in the development of criminal networks., This book is the result of interview-based research with law enforcement officers and 70 convicted drug traffickers. Dr Desroches' work is thorough, finely tuned, and as interesting and intriguing as the lives of some of his respondents. He includes a review of the research literature on higher-level drug trafficking and organised crime in Canada, the United States, and England. Programmes of study that include the examination of high-risk behaviour, anomie, and criminal justice systems will also find this work useful., The Crime That Pays is a study of higher-level drug syndicates and organized criminals who have achieved huge incomes and status in their deviant occupation. Based on interviews with drug couriers, drug investigators, and 70 higher-level drug traffickers, the book describes the characteristics of offenders, their modus operandi, the entrepreneurial aspects of organized crime, and the significance of friendship, kinship, race, and ethnicity in the development of criminal networks. Most of the dealers in this study operated at the wholesale level for years, had realized huge profits, and lived extravagant lifestyles. For many, their arrest occurred only after the police had undertaken a sophisticated and proactive criminal investigation that took years to complete. Included in the text are an analysis of the police strategies used to combat drug trafficking and the social policy implications from this and other research studies. The book includes original research both on the RCMP and on higher-level drug trafficking. Also included are analyses of Canadian drug laws and a critique of social policy relating to drug use and drug trafficking.

LC Classification NumberHV5840.C3D47 2005