CMY36702
Assignment one
Unique no. 773458
QUESTION
Provide a detailed discussion of how law enforcement can “clean-up” the city streets, by identifying
the various role players in drug use, to address the problem of this so-called victimless crime. (25
marks)
, Table Of Contents
Introduction Page 1
Definition of key concepts Page 1-2
1 MANIFESTATION OF A SPECIFIC PUBLIC ORDER CRIME Page 2
1.1 Drug abuse as a public order/victimless crime Page 2
1.2 Drug use in South Africa Page 2
1.3 The incidence of drug usage in South Africa Page 3
2) Role-players in drug use Page 4
2.1 Adolescents who deal in little quantities of drugs Page 4
2.2 Adolescents who sell drugs on a regular basis Page 4
2.3 Teenage drug dealers who also commit other crimes. Page 4-5
2.4 Adolescents who periodically become involved in the legal
system Page 5
2.5 Youth drug users who continue with crime into adulthood Page 5
2.6 Respectable adults who operate as high-level suppliers Page 5-6
2.7 Drug smugglers Page 6
2.8 Adult criminal drug users who are repeatedly arrested Page 6
2.9 Adult criminal drug users who are seldom arrested Page 6-7
2.10 Adult drug users who commit less serious criminal offences
Page 7
2.11 Female drug users Page 7
Conclusion Page 7-8
Bibliography 9
DECLARATION OF OWN WORK Page 10
Assignment one
Unique no. 773458
QUESTION
Provide a detailed discussion of how law enforcement can “clean-up” the city streets, by identifying
the various role players in drug use, to address the problem of this so-called victimless crime. (25
marks)
, Table Of Contents
Introduction Page 1
Definition of key concepts Page 1-2
1 MANIFESTATION OF A SPECIFIC PUBLIC ORDER CRIME Page 2
1.1 Drug abuse as a public order/victimless crime Page 2
1.2 Drug use in South Africa Page 2
1.3 The incidence of drug usage in South Africa Page 3
2) Role-players in drug use Page 4
2.1 Adolescents who deal in little quantities of drugs Page 4
2.2 Adolescents who sell drugs on a regular basis Page 4
2.3 Teenage drug dealers who also commit other crimes. Page 4-5
2.4 Adolescents who periodically become involved in the legal
system Page 5
2.5 Youth drug users who continue with crime into adulthood Page 5
2.6 Respectable adults who operate as high-level suppliers Page 5-6
2.7 Drug smugglers Page 6
2.8 Adult criminal drug users who are repeatedly arrested Page 6
2.9 Adult criminal drug users who are seldom arrested Page 6-7
2.10 Adult drug users who commit less serious criminal offences
Page 7
2.11 Female drug users Page 7
Conclusion Page 7-8
Bibliography 9
DECLARATION OF OWN WORK Page 10
