This art icle examines the structure and process of illicit drug-dealing activities. Motives, mechanics of operat ions, and strat egies used to avoid detect ion and to ident ify law enforcement are all examined, providing a clearer picture of the lifestyles lead by drug dealers. On the basis of qualitative interviews conduct ed with participants in a drug court diversion program in a mid-sized, midwestern city, the means by which drug dealers initiate and maintain a career in drug dealing, how deals are transact ed, and how law enforcement is avoided are explored.The potential for the development of an illicit drug market was recognized early in the twentieth century. With the implementation of legislative rest rictions, licit drugs were becoming increasingly more difficult to obtain. As noted by Lichtenstein, a physician at a New York City prison in 1914, Several individuals have come to the conclusion that selling ''dope'' is a very pro table business. These individuals have sent their agent s among the gangs frequent ing our city corners instructing them to make friends with the members and induce them to take the drug (opium). Janitors, bart enders and cab men have also been employed to help spread the habit . The plan has worked so well that there is scarcely a pool room in New York that may not be called a meeting place of drug ends. The drug has been made up in candy and sold to school children. The conspiring individuals being familiar with the habit forming
This article examines the situational, occupational stressors encountered by postsecondary correctional educators. Environmental limitations and complex inmate-teacher interactions form barriers that often complicate and impede the educational process. On the basis of qualitative interviews these stressors are examined and the process by which faculty can and do overcome them is explored. It is suggested that environmental modifications and increased staff awareness of complex inmate behavior can increase the efficacy and efficiency of prison-based college programs.
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