Social Problems

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Crime according to Conflict Theory:

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-Crime is the result of differences in the power of different groups or classes in society
- Organized crime generally have money and power to influence law enforcement officials or they are able to hire the best attorneys available

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Crime according to Structural Functionalist:

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-All societies produce their own unique forms of crime and their own ways of responding to them.
-Societies fear most the crimes that seem to threaten their most cherished values

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Crime according to Symbolic Interaction:

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-Separates deviant and non-deviant people not by what they do, but how society reacts to what they do.
-“Situations people define as real; are real in their consequences.”
- Belief that labeling someone a “deviant” reveals more about the society applying
the label than about the person being labeled.

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Commonly abused drugs:

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-Hashish -Marijuana
-Barbiturates -GHB
-LSD -Mescaline
-Opium -Heroin
-Cocaine -Methamphetamine

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Effects of Hashish & Marijuana:

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-Euphoria, slowed thinking & reaction time, confusion, impaired balance and coordination/cough, frequent respiratory infections, impaired memory and learning;
increased heart rate, anxiety; panic attacks; tolerance and addiction

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Effects of Barbiturates:

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-reduced pain and anxiety; feeling of well-being; lowered inhibitions; slowed pulse and breathing; lowered blood pressure; fatigue, impaired coordination, depression and arrest, death and addiction.

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Effects of GHB:

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-Drowsiness, nausea/vomiting, headache, loss of consciousness, loss of reflexes, seizures, coma, death.

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Effects of LSD & Mescaline:

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-altered states of perception and feeling; nausea, chronic mental disorders, flashbacks.

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Effects of Opium & Heroin:

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-Pain relief, euphoria, drowsiness, respiratory depression and arrest, nausea, confusion, constipation, sedation, unconsciousness, coma, death, tolerance, addiction.
-Specifically Heroin- staggering gait

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Effects of Cocaine & Methamphetamine:

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-Increased heat-rate, blood pressure, and metabolism, rapid or irregular heart-rate.
-Specifically Cocaine- increased temperature, chest pain, respiratory failure, nausea, abdominal pain, strokes, seizures, headaches, malnutrition
-Specifically Methamphetamine- Aggression, violence, psychotic behavior, cardiac and neurological damage.

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Medical Treatments for Mental Illness:

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-Chemotherapy- involves treating the patient with a variety of drugs, ranging from mild tranquilizers to anti-depressants and anti-psychotics agents.

-Shock Treatment- was used in forcive and excessive ways a few decades ago
-Both of these treatments are applied to only the most severe mental illnesses, such as, schizophrenia and manic depression.

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Access to Mental Health Care:

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-Public institutions do not offer as good of treatment for people as those who are in private care; mostly due to a lack of funding, thus causing a two-class mental-health system
-Mental Health Equitable Act-
-would have forced insurance to pay half of all mental health care
-had strong support in both parties
-died in house from pressure from the republican house leader and lobbyist/special interest groups.

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Non-medical treatments for mental illness:

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-Psychotherapy- helps the patient understand the underlying cause for their problem; developed by Sigmund Freud; seeks to discover the unconscious motives for one’s actions. Groups including this type of treatment:
-Alcoholics Anonymous -Gamblers Anonymous
-Over-eaters Anonymous
-Hypnosis- can help the patient recall deeply repressed, but significant memories that may be blocking their progress towards understanding and dealing with their problem.

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Various forms of treatment for mental illness:

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-Medical
-Non-medical
-Rehabilitation
-Family
-Community

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Habituation:

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-Psychological dependence on a drug

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Treatment for drugs and alcohol:

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-Therapeutic Communities- attack the high relapse rate of addicts who are detoxified and have returned into the larger areas of society.
-Phoenix House
-Methadone Maintenance- a synthetic narcotic, used to kick the craving for heroin.
-Narcotic Antagonist- negate the effects produced by opiates by counteracting positive sensation produced by heroin, narcotic antagonists help addicts overcome the psychological addiction

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Psychological Dependence:

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-The need for a drug for the feeling of well-being that is produced

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Addiction:

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-physical dependence—adjusting to presence of a drug.

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Drug:

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-A habit forming substance that directly affects the brain and nervous system.

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Drug Abuse:

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-unacceptable drugs and/or excessive or inappropriate use of acceptable drugs in ways that lead to physical, psychological or social harm.

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Alcoholics:

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-uncontrolled need for intoxication—frustrated need—develops acute withdrawal symptoms

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Codependency:

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-Patterns of behavior to excuse the problematic behavior of an alcoholic or drug addict’s loss of self-identity.