The Influence Of Robert Bomber's Presentation On Drug Crime In Mexico

Robert Bomber’s presentation on drug crime in Mexico came at a fitting time for me. I had just come off an alternative spring trip dealing with the issues of mass incarceration in the United States that I found extremely relevant to the issues that Bromber discussed. The most interesting part of Bromber’s presentation for me was just this- realizing how closely linked the culture of drug crime in Mexico is linked with crime in America and how dependent these two subcultures are on each other. For my Alternative Break trip, I travelled with a group of other students from the UMD Hillel to Louisiana, which is “affectionately” known as the Incarceration Capital of the World. Our of every other state in the US, Lousiana has the largest percentage of its population behind bars. The United States as a country has the largest incarceration rate per capita internationally. Therefore, it was a fitting place to study the issue of incarceration and its relation to the amount of crime occurring in the United States. Although this wasn’t his explicit focus, Robert Bromber’s talk highlighted just how connected the culture of drugs in Mexico is with growing incarceration in the …show more content…
The problem lies beyond just a population of addicted individuals or communities with differing values. The problem of mass incarceration and drug crimes in the United States is actually an international problem, that can only be solved by addressing the issues drug of production abroad, especially in huge drug producing countries like Mexico. In this way, the biggest takeway lesson for me from Robert Bromber’s talk is that decreasing the culture of drug crime and power in producing countries does more than just benefit the citizens of those countries. It is actually crucial in solving the problem of mass incarceration and decreasing crime