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PublisherSpringer International Publishing A&G

ISBN-103319731521

ISBN-139783319731520

eBay Product ID (ePID)241052488

Product Key Features

Original LanguageSpanish

Book TitleIllegal Drugs, Drug Trafficking and Violence in Latin America

Number of PagesIX, 168 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicWorld / Caribbean & Latin American, Pharmacology, Violence in Society, International / General, Security (National & International), Criminology

Publication Year2018

IllustratorYes

GenrePolitical Science, Social Science, Business & Economics, Medical

AuthorMarcelo Bergman

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Weight139.9 Oz

Item Length9.3 in

Item Width6.1 in

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Dewey Edition23

Number of Volumes1 vol.

Dewey Decimal364.13365098

Table Of ContentChapter 1. Introduction: Illegal Drugs and Drug Trafficking in Latin America.- Part 1. The Business of Drugs and the Political Economy of Narcotics.- Chapter 2. Illegal Markets and the Demand for Illegal Substances.- Chapter 3. The use of Illegal Drugs in Latin America: A brief introduction.- Chapter 4. The structure of the drug business: concentration-fragmentation, "cartels" and extreme violence. Part 2. The threat of illegal drugs and criminal justice systems response.- Chapter 5. Criminal Diversification and Corruption in the Drug Business. Chapter 6. Drugs, Narco-trafficking and the Criminal Justice System.- Part 3. Policy Options.- Chapter 7. What Can Be Done about Drugs? Information for Public Policy Options.- Chapter 8. Legalization, Regulation or Prohibition: Public Policy dilemmas.- Part 4. Case Studies.- Chapter 9. The Impact of illegal Drugs in Argentina.- Chapter 10. Drugs and the surge of violence in Mexico.

Synopsis- Provides readers an introductory and wide scope text on the illegal drug problem in the region - Analyzes the political, economic and social effects of illegal drugs and drug trafficking from a Latin American perspective- Presents the best available data for 18 countries and analyzes in depth two case studies: Mexico and Argentina, This book describes the main patterns and trends of drug trafficking in Latin America and analyzes its political, economic and social effects on several countries over the last twenty years. Its aim is to provide readers an introductory yet elaborate text on the illegal drug problem in the region. It first seeks to define and measure the problem, and then discusses some of the implications that the growth of production, trafficking, and consumption of illegal drugs had in the economies, in the social fabrics, and in the domestic and international policies of Latin American countries. This book analyzes the illegal drugs problem from a Latin American perspective. Although there is a large literature and research on drug use and trade in the USA, Canada, Europe and the Far East, little is understood on the impact of narcotics in countries that have supplied a large share of the drugs used worldwide. This work explores how routes into Europe and the USA are developed, why the so-called drug cartels exist in the region, what level of profits illegal drugs generate, how such gains are distributed among producers, traffickers, and dealers and how much they make, why violence spread in certain places but not in others, and which alternative policies were taken to address the growing challenges posed by illegal drugs. With a strong empirical foundation based on the best available data, Illegal Drugs, Drug Trafficking and Violence in Latin America explains how rackets in the region built highly profitable enterprises transshipping and smuggling drugs northbound and why the large circulation of drugs also produced the emergence of vibrant domestic markets, which doubled the number of drug users in the region the last 10 years. It presents the best available information for 18 countries, and the final two chapters analyze in depth two rather different case studies: Mexico and Argentina.

LC Classification NumberHV6252-6252.5