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    Men. In his novel, he explores the themes of changing time, morality, greed and especially how the violence in American society is influenced through Texas, Mexican border drug trade of the 1980. Law and order, no longer has a stand in the society not only due to the growing violence that even the people of law can no longer control, but also the fact the citizens don’t…

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    Brandy Leyva Mr.Wise English PO50 05/03/2015 Investigation essay Prescription Drugs: A Growing Epidemic Prescription drug abuse is a growing epidemic across the nation. Opioids, commonly used to relieve pain, and stimulants, commonly used to treat a medical condition known as ADHD or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, are a few prescribed medications abused by adults and adolescents nationwide. A few of the major issues related to the abuse of prescription medications include lack of…

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    Supervised probation requires the offender to check in regularly with an officer to ensure compliance with the terms of his probation. Unsupervised probation means that a person only faces jail time or other punishment if they run further afoul of the law. Incarceration is also a common outcome of criminal trials, especially in more serious cases. The convict is housed in either jail or prison. Jails are usually located in each county and are for less serious offenses. Jail terms usually do not…

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    His views on crime control continuously are clashing with Precogs own views. Calling the entire system a “fundamental paradox” to contrast John’s positivist perspective. By Danny calling the process a “fundamental paradox,” it implies that he subscribes to a classical approach…

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    use would benefit patients and the economy in more ways than one. Cannabis research provided by many of the authors discussed in this research paper that the use of cannabis is not habit forming, and is less harmful than many man-made prescription drugs such as oxycodone. If cannabis were legalized across the world, many patients whom are suffering from different types of cancers, multiple sclerosis, and sleep insomnia would have some relief of those types of symptoms. The positive effects that…

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    Why Are Laws Important

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    The Important of Laws In our society, unexpected things happen every day. It is not easy to know about what people are thinking, what they want to do that is right or wrong. That 's why the law exists, to help guide us to do the right thing, let us know what is right and what is wrong. In order for this beautiful civil society to remain that way is for everyone to accept and for the law. People sometimes behave in such horrible ways when there is no law to follow, no legal or illegal,…

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    1. In policing, what is meant by the ‘gap between how things must be done and how they should be done’? Explain and discuss formal and informal rules and police discretion.  Law enforcement possess a considerable amount of discretion in day-to-day police actions. How discretion is imposed solely depends on each individual officer, their personalities, and their influences. Police discretion can sometimes benefit individuals, for example when the officer decided to let someone go with a warning…

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    staggering. The policies passed by the government to combat the drug epidemic within the country, has been a losing battle. However, the war on drugs disproportionately affected communities of color. The selective enforcement and patrol of economically poorer urbanized areas has resulted in more minorities under the control of correctional institutions today, more than the enslavement era in the United States. Despite the fact that rates of drug use is similar among racial lines, Blacks and…

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    Racial profiling is a common law enforcement practice that happens in many different places in American society. It often focuses and singles out different races, religions, ethnicities, or skin color of people. Many professionals question whether it can be justiciable under certain circumstance where it could prevent a massive amount of people from being harm or to apprehend criminals before they commit crimes. Others protest that the practice is unnecessary and causes more harm than good. This…

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    Nadelman On Marijuana

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    are afraid of getting into trouble, and do not use, or even try marijuana, because they are afraid of being caught and getting into serious trouble. Legalizing marijuana would give those teens who want to try marijuana, but are too worried about the law, the green light to try it. Increasing adolescent use would, in turn, increase cases of addiction and abuse of marijuana and adverse health effects. Hefei Wen, Jason M. Hockenberry, and Janet R. Cummings did a study where they tested the effects…

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