Effects of Recidivism

Mississippi Valley State UniversitySpring/2013

Outline for Research Paper
I. Introduction A. Background Information on Drug Enforcement Agency
II. Structure and Description of the Drug Enforcement Annecy
III. Functions and Analysis of the Drug Enforcement Agency
IV. Administration of the Drug Enforcement Agency
V. Analysis and Assessment of the Relationship between the Agency and Its External Environment
VI. Analysis and Assessment of the Relationship between the Agency and Its internal Environment
VII. Conclusions
VIII. References

INTRODUCTION
Background Information on Drug Enforcement Agency One of the most striking law enforcement agencies that enforce the laws and regulations regarding drug trafficking is the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). During the year 1973, Drug Enforcement Administration was established. The administration was developed to control narcotics and dangerous drug abuse through reducing the supply of drugs produced or distributed from an illegal perspective (Federal Enforcement Operations,1979).In order to implement the mission, the administration would have cooperates with federal and domestic agencies (Federal Enforcement Operations,1979). Some of laws and regulations that are enforced by DEA includes nartcotic drugs, marihuana, depressants, stimulants, and hallucinogenic drugs (Federal Enforcement Operations,1979). One of the goals of DEA includes reaching all levels of supply sources before they reach users (Federal Enforcement Operations, 1979) .However, in order to achieve this goal, the administrators of the agency would have hire trained special agents to help combat illegal drugs from reaching users.
Functions and Analyze of the Agency Some of the fundamental responsibilities of the DEA include the following aspects listed below. 1) The organization investigates drug traffickers operations in the interstate and international levels along with criminal and drug gangs that perpetrate violence in the neighborhoods. According to this function of the DEA, this function seems to indicates that this agency examine and investigates problems associated with drugs from a foreign and domestic level from a worldwide perspective in communities. 2) The organization coordinate and cooperate with federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies on mutual drug enforcement efforts, including interstate and international investigation situations. This function of DEA seems to indicate that the organization works with federal, state, local, and interstate and international law enforcement on mutual terms and agreements while conducting their investigations. 3) DEA manages a nationwide drug intelligence system with conjunctions with other federal, state, local, and foreign agencies while collecting, analyzing, and disseminating strategies and operational drug intelligence data. This description of DEA seems to indicate that the agency manages broad array of things while working with domestic and foreign matters drug intellectual data. 4) This agency seizes drug traffickers’ assets. The meaning behind this function seems to indicates that the agency can seizes drug traffickers’ assets such as properties(i.e vehicles, homes, boats, televisions, big ticket items). 5) The agency coordinate and cooperate with federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies and foreign governments on programs designed in order to prevent the availability of illegal drugs in the market of the United States by using non-enforcement approaches. Such approaches include crop eradications, crop substitution, and training of foreign officials while operating, under the guidelines of the Secretary of State.
Drug Enforcement Administration Structure As you can see in Figure 1, DEA structure reveals a chain of command approach from the top to bottom of the organization. One of the Chief represented of this approach is former Attorney General Jane Renos who was appointed by Bill Clinton during his administration period (Renos,1995). The hierarchy chart also shows that the administrator position is at the top withte deputy or assistant administrator next to him/her.
Administration
Deputy Administration
Figure 1. Organizational Chart for Drug Enforcement Administration

Office of Congressional and Public Affairs

Office of Chief Counsel

Inspection Division
Operational Support Division
Operations
Division

Human Resource Division

Intellectional
Division

Finance Mgnt Division

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(Renos,1995)

Functions
Some of the fundamental responsibilities of the DEA include the following aspects listed below. 1) The organization investigates drug traffickers operations in the interstate and international levels along with criminal and drug gangs that perpetrate violence in the neighborhoods. According to this function of the DEA, this function seems to indicates that this agency examine and investigates problems associated with drugs from a foreign and domestic level from a worldwide perspective in communities. 2) The organization coordinate and cooperate with federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies on mutual drug enforcement efforts, including interstate and international investigation situations. This function of DEA seems to indicate that the organization works with federal, state, local, and interstate and international law enforcement on mutual terms and agreements while conducting their investigations. 3) DEA manages a nationwide drug intelligence system with conjunctions with other federal, state, local, and foreign agencies while collecting, analyzing, and disseminating strategies and operational drug intelligence data. This description of DEA seems to indicate that the agency manages broad array of things while working with domestic and foreign matters drug intellectual data 4) This agency seizes drug traffickers’ assets. The meaning behind this function seems to indicates that the agency can seizes drug traffickers’ assets such as properties(i.e vehicles, homes, boats, televisions, big ticket items). 5) The agency coordinate and cooperate with federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies and foreign governments on programs designed in order to prevent the availability of illegal drugs in the market of the United States by using non-enforcement approaches. Such approaches include crop eradications, crop substitution, and training of foreign officials while operating, under the guidelines of the Secretary of State.
Administration of the Drug Enforcement Agency Some of the primary job duties that are managed and administered in the DEA includes Special Agents, Forensic Chemist, Research Specialists, Diversion Investigators and others professional peoples in which DEA administer to are listed below (Daniels, n.d.). 1) Special Agents are workers investigate suspected drug dealers along with monitoring the trafficking of illegal drugs and the transportation of certain legal controlled substances. These people also make arrests, confiscate drugs and investigate illegal distribution of drugs obtained from prescriptions. In addition, these types of people collect evidences and testify their results found in trials and hearings. 2) Forensic Chemist is a person that provides service and evidence to the DEA pertaining to forensic. This particular person tests confiscated drug substance in order to make determinations and analysis about drugs being trafficked. This person also takes fingerprints from containers in which drugs are transported. 3) Research Specialists are people that conducts research to help DEA in the unraveling of drug rings and traffickers. These people also study documents, video tapes, methods of illegal drug transportation along with reporting their theories and findings to special agents to further their investigations. 4) Diversion Investigators are people that monitor, investigate pharmaceutical drugs. These workers work with [pharmaceutical companies, [harmacies and prescribing doctors to ensure compliance standards for prescription drugs along with suspected abuse of pharmaceutical drugs.
In essence, the above information seems to imply that special agents would have to have a lot of proper training in their field of work in order accomplish the duties set forth in their job descriptions. illegal drug transportation along with reporting their theories and findings to special agents to further their investigations. 4) Diversion Investigators are people that monitor, investigate pharmaceutical drugs. These workers work with [pharmaceutical companies, pharmacies and prescribing doctors to ensure compliance standards for prescription drugs along with suspected abuse of pharmaceutical drugs.
In essence, the above information seems to imply that special agents would have to have a lot of proper training in their field of work in order to accomplish the duties set forth in their job descriptions.
Administration and Assessment of Drug Enforcement Agency from an External Environment In regard to assessment from an external environment, administration can evaluate DEA from a social, economic, political, and public opinions in a number of ways (Lunenburg and Ornstein, 2008). Of the these ways, I chose political factor to expound upon. In reference to a political factor standpoint, information can stem from Drugs Wars that can benefits from substances that can be remain unrecognized due to difficulty of conducting scientific research. On the other hand, I think the DEA is a valuable agency in terms of curtailing illegal drugs in the United States eventhough this agency could have problems
Administration and Assessment the Agency from an Internal Environment Perspective From an internal environment perspectives, the administration and assessment can involve money, manpower, machine (i.e. technology etc) (Lunenburg and Ornstein, 2008). Based on the internal factors to be evaluated, the administrator of DEA should be able recognize all possible solutions and outcomes from each alternative solution from a positive and/or negative standpoint. By choosing alternative solutions to resolve problems in the agency, this approach may or may not resolve the problems but could present a good probably of correcting the problem(s) in DEA. However, political factors can also play a role in the evaluating crimes for individual states. Take for instant the state of Maryland can fine a person with the possession of cocaine to be $500 dollars for one pound and 2 years in prison for a man, whereas another state may not allow a fine to be paid, but sentence the man/woman for 5 years in prison for the same crime (i.e possession of cocaine). Conclusion I think the success of the DEA is a positive approach toward fighting against trafficking in drugs and human as well as the related problems of transnational organized crime and money-laundering along with other things that can link crimes and drugs as being a big problem in the United States. One my good reasons why I think that DEA would bring about the success to many lives who see DEA as being a helpful agency in curtailing illegal drugs being handled from a domestic and foreign relation situations. Another good reason why I see the agency as being successful would be due to many illegal drugs being control from reaching the lives of many lives of people from mental, social, and emotional health problems, including deaths that can bring about a big cost saving to the United States. Therefore, I support the DEA as being a positive agency to the United States of America because of it’ s functions.

References
All Gov. (n.d.). Retrived from www.allgov.com
Daniel, S. (n.d.). DEA job description. Retrived fromwww.eHow.com

Lunenburg, F., C. and Ornstein, A., C. (2008) Educatioal administration: Concepts and practices.

CA: Thomas Publishing Inc.

Federal Enforcement Operations. (1979).Congressional Digest. 35-38

Renos, J. (1995). Drug enforcement administration. Retrived from www.justice.gov.

References: All Gov. (n.d.). Retrived from www.allgov.com Daniel, S. (n.d.). DEA job description. Retrived fromwww.eHow.com Lunenburg, F., C. and Ornstein, A., C. (2008) Educatioal administration: Concepts and practices. CA: Thomas Publishing Inc. Federal Enforcement Operations. (1979).Congressional Digest. 35-38 Renos, J. (1995). Drug enforcement administration. Retrived from www.justice.gov.