Drug-related crime

Recap of Bob’s Burgers Season 6 episode 1, Sliding Bob’s: The first episode of Bob’s Burgers Season 6 Premiered on September 27th, 2015. Bob finds an exercise bike in the back alley and is using it to help get in shape, the kids help by encouraging him, in their own ways. After finding a huge clump of hair in the shower, and having his family confirm that his bald spot is still the same size, Bob discovers he is losing his mustache. After Bob suggests shaving it off, to Linda’s horror, Linda…

limiting teen use of marijuana, legalization can also bring about larger economic benefits. Advocates for legalization argue that even if the policy results in an increase in marijuana consumption, costs of treating marijuana dependence, and all related problems, they are still smaller than the savings in criminal justice system savings8. Additionally, if alcohol and marijuana are substitutes – which this paper suggests – then the decrease in alcohol consumption arises from marijuana…

Crime in the United States isn't something any of us can shy away from. Many types of Crime take place every day in the world we live. One of the most important issues faced by the criminal justice system is how to best respond to drug crimes. Politicians and media frequently claim that drugs are out of control in the U.S. and this can no longer be tolerated. These issues need to be addressed sooner than later and the criminal justice system can take in an effort to reduce drug crime Drugs in…

2013, the United States continues to have the highest prison rate in the world (Institute for Criminal Policy Research). In light of these numbers, it is clear to many that the United States is in need of some kind of reform in the way it responds to crime and carries out justice, however, there is much disagreement on what aspects of our criminal policies need to be reformed and in what way. Many factors play a role in the enormous prison rates in the United States, however, some of these…

Unified Crime Reports or UCR is how the FBI compiles a list of crimes that are reported to law agencies. The UCR includes arrests, incidents, clearances, and offender age/race/sex/gender. It has two categories that are classified by seriousness (part one and part two). Data collected by the UCR is a way to see crime trends in the United States. It reported that the overall crime rate is smaller than twenty years ago. Also, the UCR report shows that there has been a decrease in violent crimes.…

This paper describes the problem of Gang related violence and why it's happening. Gang related violence is highly overlooked and ignored by American citizens. There isn't a time where you can turn on the news and not hear about a shooting or murder. And the sad thing is that most of these incidents are Gang related actions. So if we hear about it everyday then why do we not act upon it? The solution is given. However this solution can be looked at as difficult. But if American citizens can work…

for a crime, they do not always need to serve their time in jail. Depending on the area they are sentenced in, and the crime in question, they may be able to utilize programs that reduce prison sentence or even replace it. Some of these programs cover multiple types of crimes, giving more options to the judge. These programs can cover anything from drug abusers, the mentally ill, the homeless, and many more. In California alone, there are countless alternative sentencing options for drug…

to help fight crime in the country. These laws require that judges sentence offenders of certain crimes for at least a minimum amount of years. Mandatory minimum sentences were created for a variety of crimes, but Robert NeSmith, editor-in-chief of the Law and Psychology Review of the University of Alabama Law School writes that the majority of federal prisoners is incarcerated for drug related cases pertaining to mandatory minimums (NeSmith 254). The system of mandatory minimum drug sentencing…

that children account for the vast majority of violent crimes, but these crimes are only 15% of crimes committed by minors. Offenders who represent the majority of crimes committed by minors, sometimes called serious offenders, violent, and chronic. During most of the 1980s, the number of juvenile arrests (ages 10-17) remained stable. Since 1988, the juvenile arrest rate increased dramatically and peaked in 1994. The overall decline in youth crime corresponded to a significant improvement in the…

population has caused problems with overcrowding in the jails. The number of people in prison and jails for drug-related offenses between 1980 and 2014 has increased by 447,500 individuals. Since they have such harsh laws regarding drugs it keeps people who have been convicted of drug-related offenses in prison for long periods of time. In 1986 people who had been convicted of a federal drug-related offense spent an average of twenty-two months in prison. By the year 2004…