Investigating Causes of Increasing Drug Offense as a Crime Among Young in Swansea, Wales

Crime

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................2
Aim..............................................................................................................................................2
Objectives....................................................................................................................................2
Research questions.......................................................................................................................2
LITERATURE REVIEW................................................................................................................3
METHODOLOGY..........................................................................................................................4
RESULTS/DISCUSSION...............................................................................................................5
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................12
RECOMMENDATIONS...............................................................................................................13
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................14
APPENDIX....................................................................................................................................16
Questionnaire.............................................................................................................................16

Title: To investigate the causes of increasing drug offense as a crime among young and its
associated risk within Swansea, Wales.
INTRODUCTION
The occurrence of drugs offense among young and teenagers is high in, Wales, however
there are different initiatives already implemented by the government in order to improve the rate
in a city of UK. Recently in 2022, drug dealer caught with 800 wraps of heroine and Cocaine in
Swansea due to increasing drug abuse cases (Drug dealers caught with 800 wraps of heroin and
cocaine in Swansea, 2022).
Thus, the present study will also highlight the statistics related to drug abuse among
teenager within Wales and for that quantitative data methodology has been used that provide
authentic results. Also, study will organize in such a manner that under section 2, scholar use
secondary resources that helps to develop an understanding pertaining to causes of drug abuse
among teenagers and then in section 3, research methodology, it determines the method used to
answer research question. Further, section 4 comprises results based upon primary and then in
last section recommendations will be drawn that help to provide way to minimise issue.
Aim
The aim of the research is to determine the causes of drug offense among young people
that lead towards crime and its risk within Swansea, Wales.
Objectives
 To identify the reasons that lead to increase the drug offense among Swansea teenagers.
 To analyse different consequences related to drug offense among the young people in
Swansea, Wales.
Research questions
Q1: What are the reasons to increase the drug offense among Swansea teenagers?
Q2: What are the different consequences related to drug offense among the young people in
Swansea, Wales?
Hypothesis:

H0: There is no association of causes of drugs offense and risk
H1: There is an association of causes of drugs offense and risk
The rationale for conducting the research on this topic is such that it is consider one of
the common issue that affect the entire life of young people and as a result, the risk associated
with the offense is also increases. With the help of present study, researcher will determine the
causes of drug offense among young and as a result different ways will be provided in order to
improve the same.
The researcher will determine the statistics related to drug offense as a crime and the
results it create in society. In this, researcher’s contribution is to understand the key aspects and
with the help of effective sources, hypothesis can be proved
LITERATURE REVIEW
The secondary source reflected that across England and Wales, there are main three cities
where overdose of dug identified which include Lancashire, Swansea and Neath Port Talbot.
Decorte, Lenton and Wilkins (2020) investigated that the causes of drug offense among young is
poor family history, mental health disorder, lack of family involvement etc. For that they,
actually stole money, murder people and it can be stated that people start organise criminal
activities in the support of the drug trade. Also, there are major causes of drug offense because
most of the people started addictive of drug and for that they perform many illegal or criminal
activities. Knorre (2020) shared that drug trafficking and anti-social behaviour is consider as a
major drug offense in the UK and that is why, different laws has been also provided that help to
protect the people from such. As per the article of wales, it has been analysed that drug
trafficking is increases sharply in Swansea since the first lockdown in Wales. It is so because
there were 330 drug trafficking incidents recorded from March 2020 to March 2021 which is
increases by approx. 100 cases from previous year. Apart from this, another highlight case in
2021 shows that three men have been jailed in order to supply the cocaine operations from
London to South Wales, from this consignment, individual earn £106000 cash payment. The rate
is increasing so fast and that is why, government took an initiative in order to cut the drug crime
by investing £1 (£1 million to cut drug crime in Swansea Bay, 2021).