Deck 46: Shifts and Oscillations in Upper-Level Drug Traffickers Careers

Question 1

Adler and Adler report that once established in the drug world, dealers and smugglers entered into

A) a mature, success stage where rewards of profession are compared to negatives and rewards still tip in balance of staying with profession.
B) a middle phase of aging in the career, characterized by a loss of thrill with job, burnout caused by huge drug consumption, fears of arrest or death.
C) a middle phase of enchantment and thrill caused by huge drug and party scene with high rewards and low risks.
D) exit phase in their career where they decided the best option was to get out ASAP.

Answer 1

a middle phase of aging in the career, characterized by a loss of thrill with job, burnout caused by huge drug consumption, fears of arrest or death.

Question 2

All three of the following factors inhibited dealers and smugglers from leaving the drug world EXCEPT

A) difficulty in finding another occupation or legitimate firm to hire them.
B) hedonistic and material satisfactions provided by drug world.
C) reluctance to disappoint girlfriends and wives who enjoyed the lifestyle.
D) self-image and commitment to occupation as well as to social world.

Answer 2

reluctance to disappoint girlfriends and wives who enjoyed the lifestyle.

Question 3

Some drug dealers and smugglers who tried to leave drug world fall into one of the following patterns EXCEPT

A) going on a long, extended "vacation, " often out of the country for several months.
B) plan to change immediately but never did.
C) postpone quitting until after one last "big deal."
D) suspend pattern of dealing/smuggling but don't replace with another source of income or occupation.

Answer 3

going on a long, extended "vacation, " often out of the country for several months.

Question 4

Some dealers and smugglers who tried to leave drug world fall into one of the following patterns EXCEPT

A) move into another legitimate form of work or business.
B) postpone quitting until after one last "big deal."
C) realizing they would eventually be arrested, turned "informant" for police in hope of entry into witness protection program and new identity.
D) suspend pattern of dealing/smuggling but don't replace with another source of income or occupation.

Question 5

Phase outs from drug world were more often temporary than permanent and reentry consisted of

A) admitting the appeal of the drug lifestyle was just too much and vowing to never again abandon it, no matter what.
B) aiming for new career goal of becoming "top dog" dealer.
C) securing permission from local crime families to practice drug dealing and/or smuggling again.
D) two possibilities, as seen from individual's perspective, comeback or relapse.

Question 6

Informally subjected to a trial period in which they had to reestablish trustworthiness and reliability before regaining admittance to drug world

A) dealers and smugglers who comeback or return from bustouts.
B) dealers and smugglers who leave and do not return.
C) dealers and smugglers who return to drug world from relapse.
D) former dealers and smugglers who work in new profession in legitimate business.

Question 7

Persons who do reenter the drug world

A) always return as a rule to same level of dealing/smuggling and drug commodity, avoiding a "career shift."
B) do not always return to same level of dealing/smuggling nor to handling same drug product, entering a "career shift."
C) typically return for only a brief time due to their career interruption; then a final phase out and new "career shift" to a legitimate business activity or profession.
D) will eventually be "busted" or arrested or become deadly victims of violence.

Question 8

Adler and Adler report that final retirement or exiting from drug dealing or smuggling is

A) difficult to establish due to career pattern of oscillation into and out of active drug trafficking: some may retire but many do not appear to do so.
B) fairly straightforward for many: they exit when the score the "Big deal."
C) is difficult task but done effectively by most by age 50.
D) occurs for most as they become older, especially over 55.

Question 9

Discuss the career of the drug dealer, smuggler or the drug trafficker encountered in specific popular films and TV. How realistic are these fictional portrayals? Explain your answer by reference to the Adlers' description of career drug dealers and smugglers. Explain.

Question 10

Discuss issues surrounding drug dealer/smugglers' attempts to exit this deviant career. Why is it difficult? Explain.