Cooks Are Like Gods Analysis
Annotated Bibliography: “Cooks are like gods”: hierarchies in methamphetamine-producing groups
Jenkot, R. (2008). “Cooks are like gods”: hierarchies in methamphetamine-producing groups. Deviant Behavior, 29:8, 667-689.
Research Question or Purpose Statement:
The article showcases Jenkot’s study of different roles involved in creating methamphetamine and highlights the respect a meth-producing group has for its individuals taking on specific roles.
Theory/Hypotheses:
When it comes to producing methamphetamine, there is a nondiscriminatory chain of command that exists within all producing groups. Understanding this chain of command helps us cognize the communication and collaboration of members within these groups.
Method:
Jenkot conducted …show more content…
All of the women possessed a high school diploma or a GED, and 5 of them also had some type of education beyond high school. They each maintained a job before arrest.
Results:
Through his interviews, Jenkot discovered that there are very distinct and specific jobs or roles in the process of producing methamphetamine. In a methamphetamine-producing group, there is a spectrum spanning from highly respected roles to roles not respected at all. Most commonly, a member of a meth-producing group may start out with an undesired role and slowly work his or her way up to a more respected position, depending on his or her success at their previous position. The most desired position within a methamphetamine-producing group is the “cook.” The cooks hold the power, because they are continually providing the desired good, meth. In exchange for their creation of the drug, cooks are constantly waited on, given whatever they want—food, technology, sex, etc.—by the rest of the group. Immediately beneath the cook is the Gas Man or Juicer. Jenkot’s interviewees reported that Gas Men are also highly respected and important to their group, but their job is much more …show more content…
Since Jenkot wanted to examine every role within a meth-producing group, it was necessary for him to interview cooks, users, and roles in between, as he did. If possible, Jenkot should conduct a post-incarceration study on these same 31 women to see if they enter back into their groups to try to regain cook status. A similar study, except with men, should also be conducted to discover whether or not men also believe that women are able to hold highly respected cook positions within a
Jenkot, R. (2008). “Cooks are like gods”: hierarchies in methamphetamine-producing groups. Deviant Behavior, 29:8, 667-689.
Research Question or Purpose Statement:
The article showcases Jenkot’s study of different roles involved in creating methamphetamine and highlights the respect a meth-producing group has for its individuals taking on specific roles.
Theory/Hypotheses:
When it comes to producing methamphetamine, there is a nondiscriminatory chain of command that exists within all producing groups. Understanding this chain of command helps us cognize the communication and collaboration of members within these groups.
Method:
Jenkot conducted …show more content…
All of the women possessed a high school diploma or a GED, and 5 of them also had some type of education beyond high school. They each maintained a job before arrest.
Results:
Through his interviews, Jenkot discovered that there are very distinct and specific jobs or roles in the process of producing methamphetamine. In a methamphetamine-producing group, there is a spectrum spanning from highly respected roles to roles not respected at all. Most commonly, a member of a meth-producing group may start out with an undesired role and slowly work his or her way up to a more respected position, depending on his or her success at their previous position. The most desired position within a methamphetamine-producing group is the “cook.” The cooks hold the power, because they are continually providing the desired good, meth. In exchange for their creation of the drug, cooks are constantly waited on, given whatever they want—food, technology, sex, etc.—by the rest of the group. Immediately beneath the cook is the Gas Man or Juicer. Jenkot’s interviewees reported that Gas Men are also highly respected and important to their group, but their job is much more …show more content…
Since Jenkot wanted to examine every role within a meth-producing group, it was necessary for him to interview cooks, users, and roles in between, as he did. If possible, Jenkot should conduct a post-incarceration study on these same 31 women to see if they enter back into their groups to try to regain cook status. A similar study, except with men, should also be conducted to discover whether or not men also believe that women are able to hold highly respected cook positions within a