SOC-S320 1nd Edition Lecture 9 Outline of Last Lecture I. Finish lecture on exotic dancingII. Sex work and ProstitutionOutline of Current Lecture III. Drug Trade Readinga. Dealer Behaviorb. Dealer MotivationsCurrent LectureThe war on drugs ignores a significant segment of drug dealing and drug using Americans. Variance in arrest rates among jurisdictions are more the result of differences in law enforcement than in differences in consumption patterns. White Americans and Black/African Americans are using and consuming marijuana at the same rates; the disparity becomes prevalent when we look at arrest rates with African Americans being incarcerated at an alarmingly higher rate than their white counterparts. Open markets – they will sell to almost any potential customer (unless you are obviously a cop)Closed markets – Dealers sell only to customers that they know personally or who can be vouched for, higher security and more quality assurance. Unspoken knowledge is the buffer thatprotects them. Dealer BehaviorDoctrine of deterrence: the higher you set the punishment the less likely someone would be to commit the crime. 3 parts: - Severity – How rough is the punishment? - Celerity – How fast the person ends up being punished? - Certainty – How likely they will be to get caught?Transportation and distribution strategies generally tend to be haphazardly. Members and dealers did not try to minimize risks. They were not worried about being caught. Why?These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.- Did not fit the typical drug dealer profile. Risk factors are diminished. Not being profiled. - Had high status, high status parents, and access to legal counsel. o The university would not punish someone whose parents were high-powered attorneys or had a lot invested in the private university. Symbolic Capital: If others, especially people in positions of power, recognize any form of capitalas legit it becomes transformed in to symbolic capital. Economic capital, Social capital, Cultural capital. - Social capital – knowing if you get caught that you wont be punished because you have the social connections to get you out of it. (Father being a prominent attorney)- Cultural capital – perceived whiteness, assumptions based on landscaping of your home,not looking or being a sketchy person or in a sketchy area. Dealer MotivationsAssumption that the main motivation is materialism – not supported by research. Economic incentives but not as important as it would be in other contexts. Rich kids don’t have to sell street drugs. 1. Underwriting costs of personal drug usea. By far the most common explanation given by dealers for their initial involvement. b. IU campus. Upper class white males have access to better quality, higher costing marijuana. Selling AK47s out of your basement and not getting in trouble because you are rich. 2. Underwriting other incidental entertainment expensesa. Basically just supplemental income. Being able to buy nicer things, have nicer liquor, beer, clothes, social activities, parking tickets etc. 3. Spirit of Capitalisma. Being able to have a little extra income, and then realizing that this could actuallyturn in to a business. Profit-oriented. b. Many students were already business majors, and had some background knowledge on how to handle the market. Filling a void. c. Understand the necessity of rapporti. Strong ties – A is friends with B and C, B and C know of each other (weak tie)4. Ego Gratification and the Pursuit of Statusa. Popularity, sense of self-importance. Greed begins to manifest and a lifestyle has been established where they are comfortable economically and threatening socially.b. Assumption that they are connected with other drug dealers and thugs so no onewould fuck with you. You could get punished violently or socially because the dealer has the status to do so. 5. Sneaky Thrills and Being a Gangstaa. Likely to generate peer approval. Want to be like the rappers they blast from the speakers of the Mercedes that their parents bought them. b. Phenomenology of risk taking, resistance strategyi. Love the idea that they wont get caught, and it gives them an edge that they would not be able to achieve otherwise in such a safe environmentii. Embracing thug identity in order to resist their parents expectations, authority, their affluent roots. iii. A way to ward off the emasculation of affluence. Privileged rich kid who doesn’t know what the world is like. Not a wimpy rich kid anymore, a drug dealer.