Chapter 34: Robert Jenkot
Status Hierarchy of Meth Cooking and Using Groups:
1. The Methamphetamine Cook
2. The Gas Man/Juicer
3. The Shopper
4. The Dope Ho
5. The Methamphetamine User
6. The Simple User
~What are the key variables determining status?
Chapter
35: Gender and Victimization Risk among Young Women in Gangs
Three
Features of Gender,
Gangs, and Violence
1. Gangs as Protection and Risk
2. Gender and Status
3. Devaluation and Victimization
Chapter
36: International
Organized Crime
Four Defining
Features of ICOs:
1. The activities must be criminal
2. The criminals must be organized
3. They focus on illegal acts for profit and not a cause
4. Willingness to use violence
Three
Characteristics of ICOs:
1. Global Scope of Operations
2. Transnational Links
3. Challenge to Authority
Six
Features Aiding the Growth of ICOs:
1. Economics of Production
2. International Ungovernability
3. Immigration Streams
4. Border Porosity
5. Trends in Technology
6. Relative Disorganization of Law Enforcement