Overview

Drug Smugglers on Drug Smuggling examines the organizational structures of drug smuggling from Colombia to the US.  Career drug smugglers describe a series of often disconnected networks that enable smugglers to best organize their business in a way that will minimize the risks of apprhension and maximize profits. 

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Author:   Scott H. Decker ,  Margaret Townsend Chapman
Publisher:   Temple University Press,U.S.
Imprint:   Temple University Press,U.S.
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 21.00cm
Weight:   0.354kg
ISBN:  

9781592136421

ISBN 10:   1592136427
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   15 January 2008
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Chapter 1. Motivation for the Study     Understanding Drug Smuggling     Impact of Drug Interdiction and Eradication Efforts     Summary Chapter 2. The Organization of the Study     Study Design     Interview Sample     Summary Chapter 3. Drug Smuggling Organizations     Movement Away from Cartels     Structure and Movement of Drugs         Suppliers         Brokers in Colombia         Offices         Transporters         Brokers in the U.S.         Retailers     Summary Chapter 4. Movement of Drugs     Transportation Routes    Source to Midpoint Midpoint to United States United States Methods of Transport     Private Vessel     Commercial Vessel     Private Plane     Commercial Plane     Vehicle Summary Chapter 5. Roles, Recruitment into, and Remaining Involved in the Drug Smuggling Trade     Drug Smuggling Roles         Offloaders         Boat Captain         Airplane Pilot         Organizer         U.S. Brokers and Intermediaries     Recruitment into Drug Smuggling         Personal Ties         Organizational Ties         Government Recruitment     Motivation for Drug Smuggling     Leaving Drug Smuggling     Summary Chapter 6. Balancing Risk and Reward     Minimizing Risks     Avoiding Detection     Changes in Smuggling Activities in Response to Risk     Getting Caught     Assessing Risk     Perceptions of U.S. Criminal Justice System         Role of Arrest         Role of Conviction         Role of Imprisonment         Role of Getting Caught         Role of Conspiracy     “If you Were in Charge”     Summary Chapter 7. Making Sense of Drug Smuggling: Conclusions and Summary     Organizational Structure     Managing Risk     Potential Responses by Law Enforcement References Appendix1.      Instrumentation Study Design Appendix 2.     Study Design  

Reviews

The most comprehensive study of drug smuggling and drug smugglers I have seen. Paul Cromwell [T]his book is informative, well written and interesting... The detail is rich and informative... A very interesting read on a topic about which conclusive information is difficult to find. Summing Up: Highly recommended. CHOICE, December 2008 [A]n informative account about cocaine and marijuana smugglers incarcerated in U.S. penitentiaries... The book provides a fascinating overview of dynamics associated with cocaine and marijuana smuggling and of the challenges facing smugglers. The authors gained valuable information with respect to the sociology of the drug smugglers' worlds, and also about the perceptions of risk. They also gained insight with respect to current U.S. drug strategy, which suggests that current strategies appear out of sync with realities. The book makes a significant contribution to the field of criminology as well as social work as the profession strives to enhance its knowledge of the ecology of drug abuse and to develop its expertise in the area of substance abuse. Social works as a profession might be well served to draw on the methodological lessons and the knowledge of scholars such as Decker and Chapman. Sociology and Social Welfare, June 2009

"""The most comprehensive study of drug smuggling and drug smugglers I have seen."" Paul Cromwell ""[T]his book is informative, well written and interesting... The detail is rich and informative... A very interesting read on a topic about which conclusive information is difficult to find. Summing Up: Highly recommended."" CHOICE, December 2008 ""[A]n informative account about cocaine and marijuana smugglers incarcerated in U.S. penitentiaries... The book provides a fascinating overview of dynamics associated with cocaine and marijuana smuggling and of the challenges facing smugglers. The authors gained valuable information with respect to the sociology of the drug smugglers' worlds, and also about the perceptions of risk. They also gained insight with respect to current U.S. drug strategy, which suggests that current strategies appear out of sync with realities. The book makes a significant contribution to the field of criminology as well as social work as the profession strives to enhance its knowledge of the ecology of drug abuse and to develop its expertise in the area of substance abuse. Social works as a profession might be well served to draw on the methodological lessons and the knowledge of scholars such as Decker and Chapman."" Sociology and Social Welfare, June 2009 ""[A] significant addition to the growing interview-based research literature on organized crime... The findings of the study...create a quite vivid and detailed picture of drug smuggling into the United States... This book gives a straightforward account of drug smuggling through the eyes of incarcerated, mostly high-level drug smugglers... There is a lot of detailed information to be discovered both for students of the history of drug smuggling between Colombia and the United States, and for students of smuggling, illegal markets and organized crime in general."" Trends in Organized Crime, March 2009"

""The most comprehensive study of drug smuggling and drug smugglers I have seen."" Paul Cromwell ""[T]his book is informative, well written and interesting... The detail is rich and informative... A very interesting read on a topic about which conclusive information is difficult to find. Summing Up: Highly recommended."" CHOICE, December 2008 ""[A]n informative account about cocaine and marijuana smugglers incarcerated in U.S. penitentiaries... The book provides a fascinating overview of dynamics associated with cocaine and marijuana smuggling and of the challenges facing smugglers. The authors gained valuable information with respect to the sociology of the drug smugglers' worlds, and also about the perceptions of risk. They also gained insight with respect to current U.S. drug strategy, which suggests that current strategies appear out of sync with realities. The book makes a significant contribution to the field of criminology as well as social work as the profession strives to enhance its knowledge of the ecology of drug abuse and to develop its expertise in the area of substance abuse. Social works as a profession might be well served to draw on the methodological lessons and the knowledge of scholars such as Decker and Chapman."" Sociology and Social Welfare, June 2009 ""[A] significant addition to the growing interview-based research literature on organized crime... The findings of the study...create a quite vivid and detailed picture of drug smuggling into the United States... This book gives a straightforward account of drug smuggling through the eyes of incarcerated, mostly high-level drug smugglers... There is a lot of detailed information to be discovered both for students of the history of drug smuggling between Colombia and the United States, and for students of smuggling, illegal markets and organized crime in general."" Trends in Organized Crime, March 2009

Author Information

Scott H. Decker is Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Arizona State University.  He is the author of Life in the Gang: Family, Friends and Violence. Margaret Townsend Chapman is an Associate at Abt Associates Inc.

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