Drugs and Crime Unit: Exploring Key Concepts and Discussions

This assignment provides a detailed summary of the video content from a Drugs and Crime Unit, covering various aspects of the relationship between drugs and crime. The videos discuss sociological and criminological perspectives, including key concepts and theories. The unit explores drug markets, enforcement strategies, and the impact of drugs on public health. It also examines alternatives to punishment and prison, the penal system's approach to drugs, and possibilities for drug policy reform, including case studies and emerging trends. Each video segment is summarized, highlighting key discussion points, exercises, and the structure of the units, including the use of discussion boards and tutor interaction. The final unit synthesizes the key concepts, debates, and arguments for controlling drug use, concluding with the future of drug policy reform.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
VIDEO 1: Sociology and criminology Perspectives-..................................................................3
VIDEO 2: Tutor introduction to Drugs and Crime Unit-............................................................3
VIDEO 3: Drugs market and enforcement unit-..........................................................................3
VIDEO 4: Introduction to alternatives to Punishment or Prison Unit-........................................4
VIDEO 5: Introduction to Drugs and the Penal system-.............................................................4
VIDEO 6: Possibilities for Drug Policy Reform-........................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................1

VIDEO 1: Sociology and criminology Perspectives-
This video has discussed the topics and the parts which will be included in this module. The key
concepts and the theories which can be used by the drugs and the drug takings by the sociologists
and the criminologists. The unit 1 has been divided into the two different sections as in the first
section the key concepts and the theories and the second theory will cover the contemporary
perspectives. The both sections will be discussed in the presentation form that is first
presentation will discuss the early concepts and theories and the second presentation lecture will
cover the contemporary perspectives. This video has discussed the procedure of the overall unit
that is how the teacher will be asking the questions and related to the feedbacks as well as if
there is any question and concern what things can be done as they can email to the teacher
directly.
VIDEO 2: Tutor introduction to Drugs and Crime Unit-
This video has initially stated that the Drugs and Crime Unit will firstly discuss the relationship
between the drugs and crime. The first part of the unit is to think the own perceptions for the link
between the drugs and crime as well as the drugs related crime by sharing this with the other
people. Also, considering the perceptions of the family, the friends and the colleagues and
secondly the tutor will be going to share the presentation which is related to the definition of the
drugs related crimes. The second part of this unit there are majorly two readings that is the three
explanatory models of the drug crime as well as the criminological theories which will underpin
these particular models. There will be conducting the discussion board in which the ideas and the
thoughts will be shared of the student as well as of the teacher. This unit will be covering these
two parts as this will help in understanding the link or the connection between the drugs and the
crime. The tutor in this video as discussed that if there is any concern and issue this can shared
with her through the emails.
VIDEO 3: Drugs market and enforcement unit-
In this video, the unit has been divided into the two sections as the first section of this unit will
discuss the drug markets which involves the characteristics as well as the development of the
drug market from the past years. The tutor in this section of the unit will cover the structure and
the information of the traditional drug market and also how the online market of the drugs has

been developed over the time. The development of the online drugs is due to the excessive use of
the internet as this has increased the buying and selling of the drugs. The second section of this
unit will discuss the pleasing drugs as well as the drug market. This will include the role of the
please in the control of the drugs as nowadays it is used by the people much. Along with this, the
tutor has included the different pleasing strategies and on example of the New York city has been
given. And at last the section will discuss the public health as well as the social impacts of the
reinforcement of drugs on the people. In this unit, the tutor will be going to ask questions from
this learning unit as well as the discussion board for the debate as by sharing the own view points
and the tutor as well will be involved in this. The presentation will cover the core of the pleasing
as well as the different strategies in the overall presentation for the better understanding. If there
are any questions or the comments, the tutor can be connected through the email as well as can
visit her in the office hours.
VIDEO 4: Introduction to alternatives to Punishment or Prison Unit-
The video of this unit will be going to discuss the alternatives to the punishment and the prison.
Instead of looking at the punishment and the prison the more emphasis should be given on the
development of the prevention strategies as well as the interventions. In the beginning of this
unit, the overview of the alternatives to the punishment and the prison for the drug takers as well
as the key definitions. Along with this, it will also discuss the key problems which are there
underlying while describing the alternatives and the tutor will briefly look at the evidences of the
alternatives. This unit will also cover the challenges which are faced while implementing the
alternatives to the punishment and prison. Later on, the case study of the drugs cases will be
discussed and in detail the limitations will be seen. At the end of this unit, the theoretical
developments in criminology will be discussed as well as the detailed explanation of the
developments in much critical way. When the presentation will be shown by the Tutor, this will
include the introduction the topic that is the alternatives to the punishment and the prison for the
drug offenders.
VIDEO 5: Introduction to Drugs and the Penal system-
This unit will discuss the drugs and the penal System and this unit has been divided into the two
sections as the first section of this will cover the concepts of the problems of the drugs and the
Penal system. In this unit, the tutor will ask to do many exercises which will include the
definition about the drug use as well as sharing the opinions and the thoughts with each other and

the tutor on the discussion board. Along with this, it will also cover the theories and the
explanations that why the prisoners have begun as well as continue to use or consume the drug
and the penal system. The second sections of this unit will discuss the analysis of the policies and
the practices with two major readings of the definition and conceptualization of using the drug in
the present. The last part of this section will discuss the aims of the present drug policies and in
this the tutor will be asking to refer the two case studies from the colleague of the Denmark.
There is very good overview of using the drug by the prisoners in this unit.
VIDEO 6: Possibilities for Drug Policy Reform-
This is the final unit of this course and this unit will cover the Possibilities for the Drug Policy
Reform. There have been made many developments made since the last 10-15 years in the Drug
Policy Reform around all over the world as many of the countries has become aware of the moral
of legalization. This unit will synthesis the key concepts, themes, debates and the arguments as
well as the emerging trends for controlling the use of the drugs. This unit is composed of the
three key sections as the first section will discuss the key definitions of the various terms such as
the probations, legalization and many more. Then the next is to refer to the case studies for the
Drug Policy Reform and then it will be concluded as the possible futures of the Drug Policy
Reform in UK and other regions. Finally, the discussion board will be used for discussing the
ideas and the thoughts as what would have happened in these countries that the Drug Policies
were formulated as this will be discussed with each other or the colleagues and with the teacher
as well.

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