Heroin and Crime

Heroin and Crime

 

Discipline: – Criminal Justice

Type of service: Essay

Spacing: Double spacing

Paper format: APA

Number of pages: 2 pages

Number of sources: 3 sources

Paper details:

There are various theories concerning why people use/abuse drugs and the connection between drug use/addiction and criminal activity. The drug abuse-crime connection is significant for heroin. For example, a person with a $20 per day addiction will spend more than $7,000 in a year on heroin. Many addicts are unable to work, yet they need to take heroin every day to avoid withdrawal sickness.

With respect to the supply of heroin, there is constant violence as dealers and wholesalers try to control the pipeline from the border to destination cities where the drug is sold on the streets. Mexican drug cartels have extended their influence beyond the borders and into most major cities in the United States. Thus, criminal activity associated with occurs at the user level and the manufacturer/dealer/trafficking level.

 

For this part of your course project, conduct research regarding theories explaining the connection between substance abuse and criminal behavior.

 

After conducting research, , that discusses the following information:

 

theories explaining the connection between substance abuse and criminal behavior

the relationship between heroin use and criminal behavior

relationship between drug use, including abuse prescription pain-killers, and crime at the user level, including human, trafficking, burglary, robbery, and gang-related crimes

education and prevention programs at the local level aimed at reducing heroin use and responding to heroin overdoses

Your paper must include at least three credible, reliable sources.