scholarly journals »En mexicansk blondine der sparker røv«

2021 ◽  
Vol 108 (2) ◽  
pp. 380-397
Author(s):  
Marie Højlund Bræmer ◽  
Thomas Friis Søgaard
Keyword(s):  
Drug Users ◽  
Illicit Drugs ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Drug Market ◽  
Short Message ◽  
Drug Markets ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
Message Service ◽  
Cognitive Techniques ◽  
Insight Into

AbstractIn recent decades, the selling and purchasing of illicit drugs has been increasingly mediated by use of communication technologies such as mobile phones and social media apps. While the risk of police intervention has traditionally restricted dealers’ use of advertisements to attract customers, the increasing technologization of retail-level drug markets has opened up new avenues for dealers’ use of proactive marketing. This article contributes to the understanding of current transformations of the retail-level drug market by providing insight into how drug dealers compete for and try to attract customers by use of strategic and targeted advertising. Based on an in-depth analysis of the textual and visual content of 99 illicit »drug commercials« circulated through SMS-based (Short Message Service) drug lines, we demonstrate how drug dealers draw on a number of psychological and cognitive techniques such as repetition, association, humour, hooks, slogans and storytelling, all of which are also found in legal marketing. We conclude by arguing that there is a need for more studies on how »drug commercials« affect drug users’ purchasing practices, including their choice of dealer.

Monitoring and Warning System of Highway Environmental Parameters Based on GSM

2013 ◽  
Vol 329 ◽  
pp. 22-25
Author(s):  
Zhuo Jun Shen
Keyword(s):  
Data Transmission ◽  
Detection System ◽  
Warning System ◽  
Environmental Parameters ◽  
Mobile Network ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Short Message ◽  
Single Chip ◽  
Message Service ◽  
Highway System

Mobile network signal is the basic coverage along the highway, and the GSM mobile communication technologies provide a powerful and reliable short message service and data transmission services, a variety of applications based on GSM data transmission platform is also being developed. The paper focuses on highway visibility detection and speed detection, system is constitute of a communication unit that uses the TC35i module and STC89C54 single chip, As well as hardware and software design of the method, GSM precautions in the design process of the highway system are briefly described.

Six Years Later

2018 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. 366-381 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Décary-Hétu ◽  
Vincent Mousseau ◽  
Sabrina Vidal
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Slow Rate ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Illicit Drugs ◽  
Technical Skills ◽  
The United States ◽  
Drug Markets ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
The Impact

Cryptomarkets are online illicit marketplaces where drug dealers advertise the sale of illicit drugs. Anonymizing technologies such as the Tor network and virtual currencies are used to hide cryptomarket participants’ identity and to limit the ability of law enforcement agencies to make arrests. In this paper, our aim is to describe how herbal cannabis dealers and buyers in the United States have adapted to the online sale of herbal cannabis through cryptomarkets. To achieve this goal, we evaluate the size and scope of the American herbal cannabis market on cryptomarkets and compare it to other drug markets from other countries, evaluate the impact of cryptomarkets on offline sales of herbal cannabis, and evaluate the ties between the now licit herbal cannabis markets in some States and cryptomarkets. Our results suggest that only a small fraction of herbal cannabis dealers and drug users have transitioned to cryptomarkets. This can be explained by the need for technical skills to buy and sell herbal cannabis online and by the need to have access to computers that are not accessible to all. The slow rate of adoption may also be explained by the higher price of herbal cannabis relative to street prices. If cryptomarkets were to be adopted by a larger portion of the herbal cannabis market actors, our results suggest that wholesale and regional distributors who are not active on cryptomarkets would be the most affected market’s participants.

scholarly journals Analyse spatiale des crimes commis sur la rue à l’intérieur des marchés de drogues

Criminologie ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Weisburd ◽  
Lorraine Green ◽  
Debra Ross
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Relationship ◽  
Drug Market ◽  
Market Analysis ◽  
Drug Markets ◽  
Analysis Program ◽  
Jersey City ◽  
Calls For Service ◽  
Market Areas ◽  
Reported Crime ◽  
Insight Into

In this paper we utilize data from the Drug Market Analysis Program (DMAP) in Jersey City, New Jersey, to provide some preliminary insight into the spatial relationship between street level drug markets and crime. We begin our paper with a description of how the DMAP information system was used to define drug markets and the characteristics of the markets that were identified. We then turn to an analysis of the incidence of reported crime within drug market boundaries. We find that drug market areas include a disproportionate share of arrests and crime related emergency calls for service in Jersey City. Streets and intersections within the drug markets are also much more likely to evidence reported crime than non-drug market places. We conclude with a discussion of our findings and the implications of our research for further study of the spatial relationships between drug markets and crime.

scholarly journals How has the COVID-19 Epidemic Changed Drug Use and the Drug Market in Slovenia?

2021 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 313-332
Author(s):  
Matej Sande ◽  
Simona Šabić ◽  
Mina Paš ◽  
Marko Verdenik
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
Representative Sample ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Illicit Drugs ◽  
Drug Market ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Drugs And Alcohol ◽  
Frequency Of Use ◽  
Financial Consequences ◽  
Sources Of Support

The purpose of our study was to explore the effect of the COVID-19 epidemic on drug use, the drug market and the availability of help and support in Slovenia. Through an online questionnaire, we collected a non-representative sample of 680 people who used drugs before and during the epidemic in 2020. The results showed the use of illicit drugs and alcohol has reduced. A significant increase in the frequency of use has only been detected in marijuana. The most prominent changes in the drug market were the reduced number of drug dealers and lower availability of certain drugs. Accessibility to drug services has been reduced and respondents also had significant financial consequences due to loss of work. Due to decreased availability of sources of support at the time of the epidemic, adjustments to services for drug users are necessary before the end of the COVID-19 pandemic in terms of promoting online interventions and maintaining contact with users when the services are not physically accessible.

scholarly journals Flood warnings in coastal areas: how do social and behavioural patterns influence alert services?

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 641-674
Author(s):  
G. Pescaroli ◽  
M. Magni
Keyword(s):  
Information Dissemination ◽  
Coastal Areas ◽  
Mitigation Measures ◽  
Short Message ◽  
Warning Systems ◽  
Behavioural Patterns ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
Message Service ◽  
Warning Services ◽  
Flood Warnings

Abstract. Many studies discuss the economic and technical aspects of flood warnings. Less attention has been given to the social and psychological patterns that affect alert services. In particular, the literature focuses on warnings activated in river basins or marine environments without providing clear evidence of relevance to Mediterranean coastal areas, even though these are subjected to growing flood risk related to climate change. This paper is a first attempt to bridge this gap. Our research develops an in- depth analysis of the village of Cesenatico on the Adriatic Sea coast. Here the municipality adopted two complementary warning systems: a siren and an alert via Short Message Service (SMS). The analysis focuses on a survey conducted in 2011 and 2012 with 228 participants. The relationships between social and behavioural variables and warning services are investigated, and so are flood preparedness and information dissemination. Qualitative evidence from informal interviews is used to support the understanding of key responses. The conclusions show how different social and behavioural patterns can influence the effectiveness and use of warning systems, regardless of the technology adopted and the structural mitigation measures implemented. Education, training and accountability are seen to be critical elements for improvement. Finally, the statistical output is used to suggest new questions and new directions for research.

scholarly journals ‘I know this whole market is based on the trust you put in me and I don’t take that lightly’: Trust, community and discourse in crypto-drug markets

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 608-626 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nuria Lorenzo-Dus ◽  
Matteo Di Cristofaro
Keyword(s):  
Drug Users ◽  
Drug Market ◽  
Silk Road ◽  
Drug Markets ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Systematic Analysis ◽  
Discourse Studies ◽  
Drugs And Crime ◽  
Enforcement Activity ◽  
The Silk Road

This study uses a Corpus Assisted Discourse Studies methodology to provide the first systematic analysis of how trust is discursively constructed in crypto-drug markets. The data come from two purpose-built corpora. One comprises all the forum messages posted on the flag ship crypto-drug market Silk Road during the years in which it traded on the hidden net (c. 250 million words). The other corpus comprises all the reports published by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) during the same period (c. 153,000 words). Our analysis of trust focuses on the identities of those buying and selling drugs. The findings reveal that the Silk Road community members (a) regularly discussed vendors’ identities alongside a continuum of trust–risk calculation, explicitly identifying both ‘good’ and ‘bad’ practices and hence engaging in self-regulatory discourses, and (b) mainly constructed drug users’ identities in relation to values of expertise, integrity and benevolence. The findings also suggest that hard law enforcement activity, such as crypto-drug market closure, may encourage technological innovation within these markets. Moreover, our results show a disconnect between the discursive reality of the policy-making documents we examined and the very crypto-drug markets that they seek to legislate.

scholarly journals Ranking potentially harmful Tor hidden services: Illicit drugs perspective

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohd Faizan ◽  
Raees Ahmad Khan ◽  
Alka Agrawal
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Illicit Drugs ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Named Entity Recognition ◽  
Drug Market ◽  
Entity Recognition ◽  
Drug Markets ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
Named Entity ◽  
Dark Web

Cryptomarkets on the dark web have emerged as a hub for the sale of illicit drugs. They have made it easier for the customers to get access to illicit drugs online while ensuring their anonymity. The easy availability of potentially harmful drugs has resulted in a significant impact on public health. Consequently, law enforcement agencies put a lot of effort and resources into shutting down online markets on the dark web. A lot of research work has also been conducted to understand the working of customers and vendors involved in the cryptomarkets that may help the law enforcement agencies. In this research, we present a ranking methodology to identify and rank top markets dealing in harmful illicit drugs. Using named entity recognition, a harm score of a drug market is calculated to indicate the degree of threat followed by the ranking of drug markets. The top-ranked markets are the ones selling the most harmful drugs. The rankings thus obtained can be helpful to law enforcement agencies by locating specific markets selling harmful illicit drugs and their further monitoring.

scholarly journals Flood warnings in coastal areas: how do experience and information influence responses to alert services?

2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 703-714 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Pescaroli ◽  
M. Magni
Keyword(s):  
Information Dissemination ◽  
Coastal Areas ◽  
Mitigation Measures ◽  
Short Message ◽  
Warning Systems ◽  
Behavioural Patterns ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
Message Service ◽  
Warning Services ◽  
Flood Warnings

Abstract. Many studies discuss the economic and technical aspects of flood warnings. Less attention has been given to the social and behavioural patterns that affect alert services. In particular, the literature focuses on warnings activated in river basins or marine environments without providing clear evidence on Mediterranean coastal areas, even though these are subjected to growing flood risk related to climate change. This paper is a first attempt to bridge this gap. Our research develops an in-depth analysis of the village of Cesenatico on the Adriatic Sea coast. Here the municipality adopted two complementary warning systems: a siren and an alert via short message service (SMS). The analysis focuses on a survey conducted in 2011 and 2012 with 228 participants. The relationships between social and behavioural variables and warning services are investigated as well as flood preparedness and information dissemination. Qualitative evidence from informal interviews is used to support the understanding of key responses. The conclusions show how different social and behavioural patterns can influence the effectiveness and use of warning systems, regardless of the technology adopted and the structural mitigation measures implemented. Education, training and accountability are seen to be critical elements for implementation. Finally, the statistical output is used to suggest new questions and new directions for research.

The impact of the Great Recession on the Irish drug market

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 548-567 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Windle
Keyword(s):  
Great Recession ◽  
Illicit Drugs ◽  
Import Substitution ◽  
Economic Recession ◽  
Drug Market ◽  
International Literature ◽  
Drug Markets ◽  
The Great Recession ◽  
Economic Downturns ◽  
The Impact

This article analyses 10 years (2004–2014) of An Garda Síochána controlled drug data to investigate the impact of economic recession and globalization on the Irish illicit drug market. The limited international literature on recessions and drug markets suggests that economic downturns can increase both drug consumption and dealing. Gardaí data may, however, suggest that the 2008 Great Recession reduced drug use and dealing, yet increased the cultivation and manufacture of drugs: trends which largely conflict with the international literature. Two testable hypotheses are drawn from the data: (1) net consumption and trade of illicit drugs were reduced by emigration triggered by the Great Recession; (2) the Great Recession forced an adaptation in the market which sped up the process towards import substitution of cannabis cultivation. The article concludes by investigating how recent changes highlight the globalized nature of Irish drug markets before proposing avenues for further research.

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