An Analysis of Drug Crimes in the UK: Impact, Causes, and Solutions

This report investigates the impact of drug crimes on the people of the UK. It begins by defining drug crimes and then explores their negative consequences on society, including fear, discrimination, and the disruption of social harmony. The report delves into the underlying reasons for drug crimes, such as depression, domestic violence, and lack of parental guidance, which can influence individuals to consume drugs and commit crimes. It also examines various measures that can be taken to reduce drug crimes in the UK, such as increasing awareness among adults and teenagers about the dangers of drug use and the importance of parental guidance. The conclusion emphasizes that drug crimes, especially among teenagers and adults, negatively impact society, and proposes that right guidance and awareness creation among people can help mitigate the issue. The methodology section details the research philosophy, approaches, strategies, choices, and data collection methods employed in the investigation.

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Table of Contents
Research topic: To study the impact of drug crimes on the people of UK......................................1
Aim:.................................................................................................................................................1
Research questions: .........................................................................................................................1
Objectives:.......................................................................................................................................1
Rationale..........................................................................................................................................1
Methodology....................................................................................................................................1
Literature review..............................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5

Research topic: To study the impact of drug crimes on the people of UK.
Aim:
To examine the impact of drug crimes on the society in UK.
Research questions:
 What is the concept of drug crimes.
 What are the negative impact of the drug crimes on the society.
 What are reasons behind drug crimes.
 What are the different measures that is taken to reduce the drug crimes in UK.
Objectives:
 To study the concept of drug crimes.
 To analyse the negative impact of drug crimes on the society.
 To determine the reasons of drug crimes.
 To identify the measures that could be taken to reduce the drug crimes in UK.
Rationale
The purpose behind this investigation of the report is that to get the more information and
detailing about the various aspects of the concept of drug crimes. This report majorly includes
the different impacts of the drugs on the commitments of the crimes like how people gets
influenced through the drugs which drives them to do harmful activities. Moreover, it includes
the impact of drug crimes on the various categories of people like adults, teenagers, child etc.
and how it will impact their psychology(Banbury, Lusher and Guedelha, 2018). It shows the
various reasons behind the commitment of these crimes which majorly includes the depression,
wrong guidance, negative peer groups etc. which influence the behaviour of the people towards
such kind of adverse acts. Apart from this, it also consists of a series of actions which can be
taken to improve the statistics of the crime rates in the UK which comes under the influence of
the drugs.
Methodology
Research methodology generally includes the procedure and techniques which is being
used for the purpose of the completion of this project. It includes various aspects such as
research design, data collection and data analysis which can be used for the purpose of achieving
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the objectives of the report. It is essential for analysing the aspects of the issue that will be
helpful in generating better knowledge about the topic (Bennett and Holloway, 2018). It assist in
developing critical evaluation of the findings in a appropriate manner. It provides a base for the
researcher to draw judgement and conclusion by analysing all the aspects of the report.
Research Philosophy: It is concerned with the providing support to the researcher in the
perspective of gathering data and analysing the data for the purpose of analysing the assigned
objectives. The philosophy includes the both sides of information i.e., positive aspects of the
issue and the negative aspects of the issue which facilitate the overall analysis of the concerned
topic.
Research Approaches: It is an approach which is majorly concerned with the detailing
of the steps or procedure which are being involved in the collection of data, analysis of data and
the interpretation. It consists a series of task which needs to be completed in such a way that all
the aspects of the research will be included and it will aid to reach the result of the analysis.
There are generally dual aspects which are being addressed for the better understanding of the
topic which are deductive and inductive approach.
Research strategy: It refers to a plan or strategy which helps in the completion of the
project. It helps in the various aspects such as planning, organising, directing and controlling of
the investigation for the purpose of reaching the conclusion. It is an input for the researcher for
generating valuable outcome by using the developed research strategy within a stipulated period
of time.
Research choices: It identifies the approach which is being used by the researcher for
keeping the investigation on a right track. In this investigation, both qualitative and quantitative
approaches being used in the report for performing the task involved in the report.
Time horizon: It is a aspect under which different task and activities that is consider
within a research is processed. There is two time horizon that is used to maintain clear focus of
several set of investigation that is proceeded in timely basis. Thus, for this research longitudinal
time horizon is used that assist while maintaining clear focus about specified topic.
Data collection methods- It is a method that is used by researcher in order to collect
different set of data and information that is related and suitable for the conduction of research
about specific subject. In this both primary and secondary research method is used and for
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primary information is collected with the support of questionnaire and secondary research is
conducted in the form of literature review.
Literature review
What is the concept of drug crimes.
As per according to the viewpoint of Roger H Peters, 2020, Drug crimes are generally
refers to those acts attempted by the individuals of the society which are punishable under the
eyes of the law and which are committed under the influence of the drugs. These individuals are
involved in consuming high dosage of the drugs such as marijuana, cocaine, LSD etc. which
influence their sensory inputs that stipulate their actions as well which may sometimes leads to
the negative acts which includes domestic violence, murder, psycho crimes etc. These activities
comes under the drug crimes which puts a negative impact on the society (Crocker and et. al.,
2019).
What are the negative impact of the drug crimes on the society.
According to the viewpoint of Anjali Talcherkar, 2020, The drug crimes leads a large
number of negative impacts on the society which disturbs the harmony and peace available in the
society towards each other. It leads to certain impacts such as development of fear among the
people in the society, influence the children and teenagers towards the negative side which
becomes a barrier to their development, people will get biased towards those individuals who
consume and saw them suspiciously. Therefore, it is being resulted that the drug crimes makes
the environment of the society toxic for those people who are suffering from these kinds of
act(Piroozfar and et. al., 2019).
What are reasons behind drug crimes.
As per the point of view of Jason Bennetto, 2020, Drug crimes has come up with a series
of reasons which influence the individuals to consume drugs and which sometimes influence
their sensory inputs which ultimately results in the commitment of the crimes. These reasons
includes the level of depression among the people, domestic violence on the teenagers, unable to
get guidance from the parents etc. which will make them to choose the path of drugs and
committing crimes for getting their frustration out (Reed and Whitehouse, 2018).
What are the different measures that is taken to reduce the drug crimes in UK.
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According to the viewpoint of Rosanna O'connor, 2017,There are many ways which can
be taken to reduce these drug crimes in the country so that the stability and peace among the
society will get maintained. These ways includes that there is a need to increase awareness
among the adults and teenagers about the negative results of the consuming of the drugs so that
they can know about the consequences, parents should much on their children for guiding them
on the right path of growth and development so that they can make their future bright(Webb and
et. al., 2019).
CONCLUSION
From the above investigation, it is being concluded that the mostly teenagers and adults
are involved in the acts of drug crimes which leaves a bad impact on the civilisation by creating
fear, discrimination, biased behaviour among the people which creates a panic among the people
in the society. People are get impacted by the factors such as depression, wrong influence which
drives them to do such kind of acts and these can be improved through right guidance and
creating awareness among the people
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
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Bennett, T. and Holloway, K., 2018. Drug and alcohol-related crime among university
students. International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology. 62(14).
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Crocker, R. and et. al., 2019. Tackling local organised crime groups: lessons from research in
two UK cities. Trends in Organized Crime. 22(4). pp.433-449.
Piroozfar, P. and et. al., 2019. Crime prevention in urban spaces through environmental design: a
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Reed, J. and Whitehouse, P., 2018. Harsher drug prohibition won’t stop violence, but regulation
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Webb, N.E. and et. al., 2019. Change in the new psychoactive substances associated with
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