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Choosing to sell books on the street in a way that is protected by law and the police allows one to live within a subculture -- while Jencks sees addiction as a cause of the alienation and despair of the men chronicled in Sidewalk, and does not see the subculture produced by homeless men as a truly functional one.
In defense of his thesis, Duneier chronicles what he calls the patterns of cooperation as well as of competition among sellers, suggesting that the men form a community and can even serve mentoring roles for the larger community, outside of the immediate world of the street. He challenges the later policing campaigns that drove many of these once-protected individuals from their spaces, stating that the sellers of books offer rich and poor customers, the "expectation of continued discussion," and "a symbol of those values necessary to live in accordance to ideals of self-worth" (Duneier, pp. 19, 38, 34).
All but one of the sellers were once drug addicts -- former drug addicts, they stress to the author. Some say they "made a choice to live on the streets," rather than go back to a society that brutalized them with the demands of war, poverty, and racism -- and eventually, drug addiction and prison time. (Duneier, pp. 23, 49, 54) Rather than an assumption of control by a drug or by 'the man' they see selling books on the street as an assumption of control over their own lives. Rejected by society,...
(Duneier, p.80) Duneier also attempts to downplay other discomforting aspects of the life he chronicles, such as its all-male composition, and the threatening behavior of homeless men towards women in the neighborhood. The eschewing of females shows the limits of focusing only on one 'slice' of a population, in mistaking a small, specific pool for the entirely.
In contrast, Christopher Jencks' the Homeless does not concentrate on a finite population, but compares the populations of homeless overall from the 1970's to the 1980's to ask why the population was greater during the latter decade -- his conclusion, after estimating the increase, was the presence of crack cocaine in the afflicted neighborhoods. The decline in marriage and the increased cost in housing were also contributing factors. (Jencks, pp.56 & 76) Jencks sees the phenomena of increasing homelessness thus not as a symptom of a sick society, but of increasingly maladaptive individual estrangement from a once healthy society -- when individuals lack social and familial connections, they are more apt to…
All but one of the sellers were once drug addicts -- former drug addicts, they stress to the author. Some say they "made a choice to live on the streets," rather than go back to a society that brutalized them with the demands of war, poverty, and racism -- and eventually, drug addiction and prison time. (Duneier, pp. 23, 49, 54) Rather than an assumption of control by a drug or by 'the man' they see selling books on the street as an assumption of control over their own lives. Rejected by society, they create their own tenuous economic and social negotiation of homelessness and a certain moral rigor, in eschewing the drugs that once enslaved them.
There is a sad presence of those who are still addicted to crack in the book, but they do not work as vendors, rather they have a more peripheral presence as assistants. (Duneier, p.80) Duneier also attempts to downplay other discomforting aspects of the life he chronicles, such as its all-male composition, and the threatening behavior of homeless men towards women in the neighborhood. The eschewing of females shows the limits of focusing only on one 'slice' of a population, in mistaking a small, specific pool for the entirely.
In contrast, Christopher Jencks' the Homeless does not concentrate on a finite population, but compares the populations of homeless overall from the 1970's to the 1980's to ask why the population was greater during the latter decade -- his conclusion, after estimating the increase, was the presence of crack cocaine in the afflicted neighborhoods. The decline in marriage and the increased cost in housing were also contributing factors. (Jencks, pp.56 & 76) Jencks sees the phenomena of increasing homelessness thus not as a symptom of a sick society, but of increasingly maladaptive individual estrangement from a once healthy society -- when individuals lack social and familial connections, they are more apt to fall through the system's cracks.
In some ways, the prevalence of crime related to selling and using crack cocaine may be due to the effects which the user experiences. For instance, heavy users become alienated from their friends and families and tend to be isolated and suspicious of everything and everyone, a form of drug-induced paranoia. Most of their time is spent thinking about ways to obtain more and more of the drug which may
Henderson notes that "minimal violence is involved with crack cocaine cases -- far less than half of the crack cocaine cases involved a weapon, while most actual violence is associated with the drug trade and not the drug itself." With this knowledge that there is no scientific difference in the dangerousness of the two drugs and that violence is not necessarily associated more with crack cocaine, it becomes clear
Drug Related Issues in Miami Gardens Miami Gardens is a location where there are large numbers of minorities and immigrants. This is the location just north of Miami and it composes of a number of different neighborhoods. The most notable include: Andover, Bunche Park, Carol City, Lake Lucerne, Norwood, Opa Locka North and Scott Lake. In general, the community is facing drug related challenges from its close proximity to Central and
The judge must choose a sentence from within the guideline range unless the court identifies an aggravating or mitigating circumstance that was not adequately considered by the Sentencing Commission. In mandatory minimum drug cases, judges can depart only upon motion from the government stating that a defendant has provided substantial assistance in the investigation or prosecution of another person. All guideline drug sentences are indirectly affected by the mandatory minimums.
A. Supporting details (Give citation) Crack is a powerful central nervous system stimulant that can increase risk for cardiovascular incidents, strokes, and other deadly effects (National Institute on Drug Abuse 2009). B. Supporting details (Give citation) Addicts may even use crack cocaine while pregnant, severely harming their children. "Fetal cocaine effects include premature separation of the placenta, spontaneous abortion, premature labor, low birthweight and head circumference at birth, greater chance of visual impairment,
There is no valuable sustenance in crack or cocaine, and is used mainly as a recreational drug by many. This, in some ways, leaves the inner cities and crime and moves to the wealthier middle and upper middle classes who use the cocaine and not the crack version for recreation. This is the society of Jay McInerney's seminal 1980s fictional tale of New York 20-something lives, "Bright Lights, Big