PUBLIC ORDER CRIMES
CHAPTER 13
DRUG ABUSE AND CRIME
HISTORY – AROUND SINCE BEGINNING OF
HISTORY
EXTENT – DIFFICULT TO MEASURE AT ANY
GIVEN TIME
CRIME RELATED ACTIVITIES – STREET
CRIME SIGNIFICANTLY RELATED TO DRUG
USE
DOES DRUG ABUSE LEAD TO CRIME OR DID
THE CRIMINAL BEHAVIRO PRECEDE THE
DRUG USE?
FREQUENCY AND SERIOUSNESS OF CRIME
INCREASES AS ADDICTION INCREASES
DRUG ABUSE AND CRIME
DRUGS MAY NOT “CAUSE” CRIMINAL
BEHAVIOR BUT IT DOES ENHANCE IT
UNTIL LATE 1970S MOST DRUG-CRIME
WAS PROPERTY OFFENSES
RECENT ASSOCIATION OF INCREASED
VIOLENCE WITH DRUG CRIMES – MAY
BE ATTRIBUTABLE TO APPEARANCE
OF CRACK – GANG VIOLENCE
INTERNATIONAL DRUG
ECONOMEY
COCAINE – LARGEST PRODUCER PERU
HEROIN – JUST 5 YEARS AGO ALMOST ALL
HEROIN SEIZED FROM ASIA – TODAY 32%
SOUTH AMERICA
MARIJUANA – MAIN TRANSPORT SHIPPING
FROM COLUMBIA, TRUCK FROM MEXICO,
REMAINDER BY PLANE FROM COUNTRIES
LIKE BELIZE AND JAMAICA
HASHISH – PRIMARILY FROM PAKISTAN (6065%) AND LEBANON (25-30%) SHIPPED ON
NONCOMMERCIAL SHIPS
INTERNATIONAL DRUG
ECONOMEY
MONEY LAUNDERING
300 – 500 BILLION PER YEAR
MUST UNERGOE MONEY LAUNDERING
PHYSICALLY SMUGGLED OUT TO
COUNTRIES THAT ALLOW NUMBERED BANK
ACCOUNTS WITHOUT NAMES (CAYMAN
ISLANDS, PANAMA, AUSTRIA,
SWITZERLAND, AND OTHERS)
FAKE REALESTATE TRANSACTIONS,
PURCHASE OF GOLD, ANTIQUES, AND
CYBERCURRENCY
DRUG CONTROL
MORE LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREATMENT
EDUCATION
LEGALIZATION
ALCOHOL RELATED CRIME
VIOLENCE – 40% OF CONVICTED
OFFENDERS USED ALCOHOL BEFORE
THE CRIMES
DRUNK DRIVING
SEXUAL MORALITY OFFENSES
DEVIATE SEXUAL INTERCOURSE BY
FORCE OR IMPOSITION
PROSTITUTION
PORNOGRAPHY
SEXUAL SLAVERY