This is the amount spent annually in the U.S. on the war on drugs. ... " Along with the profit of this illegal cash crop, there is an ongoing of drug lords and violence that coincides with the illegal trading of drugs. ... The drug itself does not make people violent or cause them to go out of control. ... Through government regulation, the amount of dispensaries, age and price can be controlled. ... If legalized, the government can control how much marijuana is consumed by increasing or decreasing the taxes on the product. ...

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A lot of criminological investigation involves trying to conclude whether a specific factor increases the risk of involvement in crime, when other possible risk factors are controlled by being held constant. Of course, the detection of a statistical alliance between some factor, and crime, never provides any guarantee that the factor being studied actually causes crime, even when efforts have been made to control other likely factors. ...

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An inconceivable amount of individuals serving the largest sentence are incarcerated for drug related crimes while child molesters victimize countless innocents throughout their life. ... The legal system appears to believe that a drug dealer is somehow more of a threat to society than a child abuser or sex offender. Illegal drug trafficking is a serious social issue, but there is a stark contrast between child molestation and drug trafficking. The drug user, by definition, includes themselves in the crime through their choice of taking the drug or selling, while the victim of sexual abuse mak...

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The most apparent realization is that having a mental health disorder alone will not land you in prison, however the actions behind the thinking will most certainly get you in trouble unless you can learn to control them. ... Mental health disorders such as anxiety, depression, add and bipolar can lead to a wide area of criminal activity from drug abuse to murder. For example, many offenders with mental disorders also turn to drug abuse or suicide to cope with their problems. ... Not only to they focus on controlling crime, but most importantly they try to change and enhance the individual by ...

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The most apparent realization is that having a mental health disorder alone will not land you in prison, however the actions behind the thinking will most certainly get you in trouble unless you can learn to control them. ... Mental health disorders such as anxiety, depression, add and bipolar can lead to a wide area of criminal activity from drug abuse to murder. For example, many offenders with mental disorders also turn to drug abuse or suicide to cope with their problems. ... Not only to they focus on controlling crime, but most importantly they try to change and enhance the individual by ...

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Social Control Theories take a sort of opposite approach from other theories in criminology. ... Most control theories are a blend of psychiatric, phsychological, and sociological ideas. The most well known figure in control theory is Travis Hirschi. ... It is these four bonds that make up Hirschi's Social Control Theory. ... With adoption, the criminogenic effect is commonly alcoholism, drug dependency, and mental illness (Stone 1972). ...

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Moral panics usually involve youth because they are easily susceptible to antisocial influences such as drug use (Tanner, 2001: 12). The media increases the fear of crime by often portraying the young and those who use drugs as problematic and uncontrollable. As a result, drug users and young people are easily used as targets for the the media in order to mislead the public and increase their fear of crime. ... If crime is perceived to be out of control, then there is pressure to do something about it. ... Despite whether the topic is crime out control or the fear of crime is exaggerated...

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The study confirmed DYGs or youth gangs were more prevalence of delinquency, violence and drug abuse. ... Youth gang members are often mobilized in fights, drug trafficking activities, extortion and other illegal acts by organized crime groups in order to advance their power and wealth. ... Quoting from the police spokesperson during a press conference after the arrest, "Many youngsters are lured by small perks such as free meals or drinksSome of them are asked to be doormen at discos or to traffic drugs.... The concept of 'Edgework' is defined as the voluntary risk taking ac...

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.), "decades of research indicate that increased opportunities for success, meaningful activities, positive role models, consistent moral standards, and viable educational and employment opportunities have a prominent place in the Nation's crime control strategy," (Comprehensive Delinquency Prevention). ... Department of Justice (n.d.), "Conditions such as maltreatment or neglect by family members and others, a community with a large population of delinquent juveniles and gangs, ready access to drugs and guns, and an unsafe school increase the chance that a youth will make unhealthy or u...

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The majority of these gangs are sophisticated and well organized; they use violence to gain power and control to boost their illegal money-making activities. ... Mongols have a long history of run in with the law and law enforcement involving drug dealing, money laundering, robbery, extortion, firearm violations, murder, and assault among others. ... It is believed to be the first case in the nation in which the government has sought to take control of a gang's identity, via its logo, through a court order. ... This has created a long lasting battle between the Department of Justice, ATF...

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As poverty increases in one specific area it can be generally assumed that the factors that accompany it, such as drug abuse, disease, crime, joblessness, violence, and much more, will also become concentrated in that area (32). All aspects of this area become negative, while the financially sound areas flourish and take control of the entire society (33). Those who live in poverty are left with no control, and instinctively become resentful. ... She is credited for setting up community courts, drug-case diversion programs, substance abuse clinics, and children's advocacy centers (Cole...

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Agnew (2001:326) notes that strains are most likely to result in crime when they (1) are seen as unjust, (2) are seen as high in magnitude, (3) are associated with low social control, and (4) create some pressure or incentive to engage in criminal coping. The parental abuse suffered by Hall was perceived as unjust, as his father abused him often, under the influence of alcohol and drugs, for his own pleasure. ... Strains, such as parental rejection (low attachment) are more likely to result in crime because low social control associated with them reduces the costs of crime and reduce the abili...

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Matsueda (1982), tested control theory against differential association, concluding that differential association was supported over control theory. ... Contradicting control theory is the actual definitions as well as the model for crime causation itself. Hirschi's social control takes the social bond * peer delinquency * delinquency. ... Most testing that is done to research the theories consistent of differential association as well as social control is through self-report surveys. ... For the dependent variables asked, the general crime questioned 35 varieties of crime, including ...

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As a matter of fact, both phrases point equally to the fact that sociological explanations of deviance function as a product of social control rather than a product of psychology or genetic inheritance. ... Furthermore, the distinctiveness of the approach is that it draws attention to deviance as the outcome of social imputations and the exercise of social control. ... Schur(1971), who discusses the drug addiction of many doctors, or the likelihood of bank tellers to misappropriate funds. Schur suggests that in both cases the actor has legitimate access to drugs or money, which gives them some...

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Deviance And Social Contol The Theory of Differential Association and Gangs Theory is a systematic explanation of a phenomenon; it organizes known facts and allows us to predict new facts, and permits us to exercise a degree of control over the phenomenon. ... Another example might focus on juveniles living in a subculture in which selling and using drugs are a common practice and as a consequence of these activities there is a likelihood to develop attitudes favorable to drug use and trafficking. ...

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Similar to other drugs, most notably alcohol, marijuana is a controlled substance with some negative side effects that we still do not fully understand. ... This means not just from drug cartels but the customers and clients of the shops as well. ...

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Poverty, unemployment, inequality and boredom, as well as factors such as single parent families, child abuse, broken homes and also media violence, drugs and moral decline have all been used to attempt to explain the problem. ... With the predominant thought of looking at unemployment, poverty, the use of drugs and any other factors that might help to contribute to the likelihood of causing violent crimes. ... Despite their rejection by most sociologists, biological and psychological theories are still wide spread and accepted as valid by the various agencies of social control. ...

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Juvenile Reform: On the Right Track? Fifteen people were found dead, and over twenty-three were left wounded. Two gunmen, part of the Trenchcoat Mafia, walked into their school at 11:30 am in Littleton, Colorado and started firing. Although this is not an everyday occurrence, juvenile delinquency...

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Current research into this difficult and pressing issue reflects a vast range of theories about, and predictors of delinquency as well as a multitude of strategies to control and reduce overall delinquency. ... Two of the most prominent theories are Differential Association theory and Social Control theory. ... The second notable theory, Social Control theory, was proposed by Curran and Renzetti (1994). Social Control theory suggests that a person's ties or bonds to social institutions such as family, church, school, etc. prevent him or her from pursuing criminal activity. ...

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Indeed, some forms of serious delinquent behavior such as drug and alcohol abuse, are far more frequent than the stereotypical delinquent behavior of gang fighting and vandalism and appear to cut across "class and gender lines." ... These offenses allow for the arrest of youth for a wide range of behaviors that are violations of parental authority: running away from home, being a person in need of supervision, being "incorrigible," "beyond control," in need of care and protection, and so on. ...

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Cesare Lombroso was an Italian criminologist born in Venice, Italy on November 18, 1836 to parents of Jewish decent. He wrote several books which were published including a book on antisemitism. Blaming Jewish people for their conditions and proposed assimilation as the answer for problem of preju...

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