Assignment:
1.Explain the three hypotheses regarding the relationship between drug use and the causes of drug-related crime.
2.Define the three major types of drug related violence in the Goldstein tripartite model of drugs and violence (The Drug-Violence Connection).
3.Explain the four stages of production and distribution of the illicit drug business.
4.Using your text and the internet, research Pablo Escobar (The Columbian King of Cocaine). In no less than 500 words, give a biography of him. Include how he rose to power and how his reign ended.
5.Define the practice of "money laundering" and describe in detail some of the techniques used.
Readings:
Drugs and Crime
By Ken Charles F. Levinthal