Journeys into drugs and crime
Subtitle: Jamaican men involved in the UK drugs trade
By: Angie Heal, Sessional Research Associate,University of Sheffield, UK
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2015
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 183
ISBN-13: 9781137456649
Subjects: Drug dealers; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General; Drug traffic; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Men's Studies; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology; Jamaicans
Description: "This book analyses the life histories of Jamaican men involved in the UK drugs trade, including international and national wholesalers, street dealers, specialist cooks, cutters, and grower. Employing a life history approach, their autobiographical accounts are examined to provide an in-depth and unique insight of their journeys into drugs and crime. The breadth of their experiences are addressed critically, including their childhood, teenage years, migration, parenthood, and their initiation and continued involvement in the UK drugs trade.Working with a particularly hard to reach group, Angie Heal sheds light on two particular issues: firstly, the men's motivations for coming to the UK; and, secondly, their trajectories and transitions from first arriving in the UK to becoming involved in the supply of drugs or associated crimes. By answering these questions, this book provides a unique perspective of how people become embroiled in crime"--
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: Introduction1. The Respondents2. Jamaica and UK Contexts3. Family Life and Growing Up4. Migration and Living in the UK5. Getting Involved in the Supply of Drugs6. Drug Careers and Other Crimes7. Experiences of Violence8. Experiences of Police and Sentencing Outcomes9. Experiences of Prison LifeConclusion.