Drug-related crime

legal definition of crime is an offense against the public law. Crime is defined and punished by statutes and the common law. In addition, “crimes are mala in se or bad in themselves. These include all offenses against the moral law; or they are mala prohibita, bad because prohibited.” (Law Dictionary) When looking at the definition of what a crime is, it does not give the individual insight of the different types of crime. In addition, it does not fully explain what causes crime. Based on the…

does crime mean? According to Merriam Webster dictionary crime means an illegal act for which the government can punish someone, for example, killing someone or being a thief. Slide # & Title: Narration: There are many types of crimes such as personal crimes, property crimes, inchoate crimes, and Statutory Crimes. The firs type is the personal crimes. Personal crimes mean crimes that cause physical pain to others. Slide # & Title: Narration: There are many examples of personal crimes,…

insanity appear to cluster in the deteriorated regions surrounding the center of the city because the “confused, frustrated, and chaotic” behaviors of people with mental illness resulted in them living in socially disorganized neighborhoods which are crime ridden neighborhoods. Why are mentally ill people living on their own and not in institutions? During the post deinstitutionalization era individuals…

changes over time given the War on Drugs movement, but she just doesn’t talk about men prisons. She talks about women prisons. She also mentions how race and gender affect the encounters women have in prison. The book starts off with McCorkel talking of how prisons use to be. Women prisons aimed to treat their prisoners rather than to punish them (McCorkel 3). Over time they started to see that women are committing the same crimes men are committing (drug related crime), so they started to…

full of racial discrimination and prejudices. Despite some of the evidence presented by researchers on this topic, I do not fully agree that this type of racism exists in our justice system. The majority of our criminal demographics is full of black crimes, but I do not believe this is because of any unjust treatment or negligence. I believe our african-american community is more likely to be arrested and charged because of the differences in social and economic standpoints compared to those of…

most legal systems utilized the same assessment tools for both men and women in accordance to levels of criminality. Through observations and research conducted by criminologists, questions have challenged the approach that a conventional theory of crime can explain the association within criminal activity. The majority of the research and theory shows women to be represented in a negative light, but with the pathways theory utilized, genuine comprehension of the female offenders comes into…

law-enforcement agencies agree that focusing on crime hot spots is the most effective way to reduce crime. 63% of agencies that were polled in 2007 were implementing some sort of ‘hot spot’ enforcement to focus on high crime rate areas. (Katel…

today. The Merriam Webster dictionary describes juvenile delinquency as the conduct of a juvenile, characterized by antisocial behavior. This behavior is beyond parental control. Therefore, the law takes action on the juvenile. It encompasses all crimes committed by offenders who have not attained the age required by law. As a result, the court cannot prosecute these offenders as it would adults. Juvenile delinquency has existed for many years now and might continue to threaten the well-being of…

Criminal activity and drug misuse always seem to be wrapped up in the same newspaper headings and news reports you see on a regular basis. Trevor Bennett and Katy Holloway address the connection drugs misuse and crime have on each other and identify the casual mechanism that connect the two. In the article the author is mainly focusing on a research method that was used to find the connection of drugs and crime using the data from criminals that have experienced these connections first hand.…

released from prison. According to Alexander, “Nearly every state allows private employers to discriminate on the basis of past criminal convictions. In fact, employers in most states can deny jobs to people who were arrested but never convicted of any crime.”. She explains that ex-convicts find it…