'Traffic' is a crime drama film which was directed by Steven Soderbergh and was written by Stephen Gaghan which explored the illegal drug trade from perspectives of the users, enforcers, politicians, and traffickers. Inspired by the mini-series that aired on British television in 1989 that tracked the drug trade from Pakistan to Britain, 'Traffic' tracks the drug trade from Mexico to the United States. To ensure the material's genuineness, the moviemakers appointed Tim Golden of The Times, as a consultant who was a member of a Pulitzer Prize-winning team which reported extensively on Mexican drug cartels.
In the end the movie is not just about any of the film’s characters but about the whole drug problem and its effect on families to its position in our national politics
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Durkheim said that a certain amount of crime and deviance is normal and is an important part of a healthy society because it provides a relatively mild way for individuals to express their discontent but too much crime would be dangerous. Robert Merton developed on this idea, he said that in a balanced society all individuals will be happy but according to him American society is not balanced, so when people struggle to live up to society's norms and values they try and find other ways of attaining this success. He called this a strain to anomie - feeling alienated- they do not feel affected by the norms of the society and it is this normless behavior, which causes crime in society and Caroline in the movie can be considered an example for anomie.
Merton stated five ways in which individuals could react to this strain to anomie:
1. Conformity – Individuals of a society submit to the norms of the society and try to achieve their goals through the normal