“Do the right thing” & Criminal theory

          “I want my money Sal”                  

To examine the causes of crime using the film “Do The Right Thing”, it is important to first identify the crimes in question.  The four crimes in the film are Sal’s destruction of Radio Raheem’s radio, the following assault by Raheem, his death at the hands of the police, and [...]

A poem inspired by the Wire

A Witness
 
A witness
Is an idiot
For helping the cop
Not very bright
 
Darwin’s nightmare
Adapt or die
Keep quiet or die
Law conflicts with evolution
 
Can’t see the forest but for the trees
We are the forest
Structure is a tree
Nature still applies

I can’t believe the professor encouraged me to write on this topic

Powder Road: a primer in drug trafficking
                       
“Always there is more”—The Greek
 
Drugs are a commodity, like many others, in that they are produced, distributed, and sold—by individuals or corporations—to make a profit. Like many other products, the people at the beginning and the end of the distribution chain are the people making the least amount [...]

Forces of Habit: Drugs and the making of the modern world

                                                             In Forces of Habit, the author examines the historical evidence of known drug use in order to establish how each drug found its place in society.  David Courtwright does not differentiate between legal and illegal drugs in looking at the effects of the drug.  This is important because the licit/illicit label is really just a [...]

Manhunt

Manhunt
A small time drug dealer accidentally kills a cop and makes a run for the border to avoid arrest.
 
            A drug dealer is making a deal when he decides to rob the person he is selling drugs to. There is a short struggle during this altercation and the buyer is killed unintentionally by falling on [...]