Transnational crime has been rising steadily as the world transitions more and more towards globalization. The term "transnational" refers to crimes that are not only international (crimes that cross borders between countries), but crimes that by their nature encompass cross-border transference as a crucial part of the criminal activity. ... Arms and Drug Trafficking Although transnational crime is a global problem, the effects of crimes associated with them are greatly felt at a local level (White House, 2014). ... Links Between Terrorism and Organized Crime As stated by Russell, J. ... This ...

• Word Count: 1757
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Gottfredson and Hirschi developed the general theory of crime. ... Forty-nine of these programs were based on the therapeutic community model, which served around 4,200 prisoners. ... REFORM began in 1987, and laid the groundwork for the development of effective prison-based treatment for incarcerated drug abusers. ... At these presentations the principles of effective correctional change and the efficacy of prison-based treatment were discussed. ... The primary stage needs to consist of a prison-based therapeutic community. ...

• Word Count: 2478
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The War on Terror or The War on Crime? ... Our legal system is based on a model that operates under the assumption that bad people do bad things because they are inherently bad. In our society crime control is almost always correlated with harsher punishments and longer prison terms. ... New programs should be based on two main areas. ... This creates a smaller and more manageable group that may have already turned to a life of crime. ...

• Word Count: 1534
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Police issue seizures and searches based on racial profiling, the environment of their surroundings, and whether or not a person is in the wrong part of town. ... This obsession for a drug free society does nothing but create corruption, crime, and disease, and America, whose principals are based on freedom and whose freedom depends on our civil liberties being ensured, has failed its public because of this war which is taking too much time, money, and not enough results. ... Drugs play a significant role, obviously, but the crime comes about because of the money involved. ... The alcohol ...

• Word Count: 1859
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Marijuana prohibition has led to larger percentage of organized crime and gang violence. ... If marijuana was legalized crime rate will decrease. Current marijuana laws now do the opposite of lowering crime rates. ... It is a case of history repeating from the alcohol prohibition days when organized crime got its funds from the selling of alcohol. ... Based on the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse: Population Estimates 1994, MD: US Department of Health and Human Services For every 100 people who have tried marijuana 1 currently uses cocaine once a week or more (Morgan 36). ...

• Word Count: 1609
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

This inherently leaving various law enforcement agencies with less ability to confront other crimes. ... The statistics show a rise in crimes concerning personal property; drug abusers in hopes of supporting their drug habit committed seventy-five percent of all property crimes such as burglary and robbery. Studies have shown that out patient drug programs or programs that offered drugs for a lower cost drastically reduced the amount of crimes committed. ... This would lead one to acknowledge that maybe our opinion drugs may be based in fear and social The Goal The optimal goal of any policys...

• Word Count: 1653
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Since everybody has their own personal reasons why they do such a thing as use and abuse drugs, it makes even more difficult to prevent such a crime. ... The Control Act distinguishes among several categories of drugs based on their potential abuse and their medical utility. ... We tend to think that drug users are the victims of the drugs that they take, but it is a victimless crime, because nether the seller nor the user is likely to report the crime to the police. Drug use is a real crime that injures both users and the society, but its punishment should not involve infamy for it is itself ...

• Word Count: 1527
• Approx Pages: 6

Tolerance of drug use resulted in terrible increases in crime between the 1960's and the early 1990's and the landscape of America has been altered forever. ... By the time that the DEA was created by Executive Order in July 1973 to establish a single unified command, America was beginning to see signs of the drug and crime epidemic that lay ahead. ... In addition to distributing cocaine and methamphetamine in the West and Midwest, these Mexico based groups are now attempting to expand the distribution of those drugs into eastern U.S. markets. ... Finally, criminal groups base...

• Word Count: 1911
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

These figures also include reduced job productivity or lost earnings, and other costs to society such as crime and social welfare. ... Increased cocaine use, the HIV epidemic, an "eightfold increase in state and Federal incarcerations for drug offenses, and a threefold increase in crimes attributed to drugs." ... The focus of the TC is on the resocialization of the patient to a drug-free, crime-free lifestyle. ...

• Word Count: 2436
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography

The bottle had dropped to his feet, cracked at the base.  ... Many crimes are committed while under the influence of drugs. ... They either are going to take responsibility for the crime, or be on the run. ... I feel that he decided to do this because he got away with a murder; every other crime will probably be a piece of cake. ... However, after he committed his first crime Michael's character made a one-hundred and eighty degree turn. ...

• Word Count: 2482
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Drug trafficking and crime in downtown Vancouver hadn't increased, nor had relapses by drug addicts, while lives had been saved.... People believe that making safe injection sites would probably work based on the fact that needle exchange programs, that were implemented by non profit organizations had a positive impact. ... Supervised injection sites, saves lives, helps the community but it also reduces crimes rates. ... They usually get there money in illegal ways, so this lowers the amount crime associated around drug use. The distribution of these drugs are considered organized crime ...

• Word Count: 2055
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography

Drug laws have created corruption, violence, increased street crime, and disrespect for the criminal justice system. ... This claim is based on a study of the rehus monkey by Dr. ... This is based on the work of Dr. ... Along with these myths come the false belief that crime will increase if marijuana is legalized. ... It is the enforcement of the laws criminalizing the possession, use, manufacture, and distribution of marijuana that are causing the violent crime. ...

• Word Count: 2436
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Today is the day you have been waiting for. You have promised your daughter that as soon as it stops raining you will take her to the park, push her on the swings and spin her as fast as you can on the merry-go-round. You know five year olds don't forget, so as soon as the sun broke through the blin...

• Word Count: 2088
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography

During this time, the Federal Bureau of Narcotics submitted a report that suggested that the use of marijuana was directly linked to crime, induced violent behavior, and caused insanity (Lupian 3). Based on the report Congress approved the "Marijuana Tax Act of 1937," which required a one dollar tax stamp to grow, sell, or possess marijuana (Solomon 2). ... Crime and punishment due to the illegal status of marijuana push proponents to fight for marijuana legalization. ... Sally Doe, a mother of three and a marijuana smoker, says, "You don't hear about pot smokers committing heinous cri...

• Word Count: 1460
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In 1933, the prohibition on alcohol was lifted due to an overwhelming public concern with widespread organized crime, police corruption and violence (Encarta, "Prohibition"). ... Also in relation to alcohol prohibition, those profiting most from America's "War on Drugs" are the organized crime barons, who make an estimated $10 to $50 billion dollars a year from drug trade alone (More Reefer Madness, 15-25). ... It is a criminal act of the U.S. government by it's own manifesto, the Constitution, to make a personal behavior a crime. ... The National Academy of Sciences issued its fi...

• Word Count: 1707
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The report argues that anti-drug policy has failed by encouraging organized crime, which in turn costs taxpayers millions of dollars and causes thousands of deaths (BBC News). ... Sir Richard of Scotland, another country facing the same debate, urged leaders to look at "alternative, fact-based approaches" citing that "we need more humane and effective ways to reduce the harm caused by drugs. ... Instead, Mexico continues its enforcement-based approach that dominates drug policies worldwide (Ellingwood). ...

• Word Count: 1309
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography

I was shocked by how much adversity and affliction she had to bear by slipping deeper and deeper into the vicious circle of drugs, prostitution and crime. ... In this paper I want to point out and discuss drugs, prostitution and crime, some of the most important components that Rosa Lee brought and trapped her in a vicous circle. ... Ronnie himself started out with alcohol and a codeine-based cough syrup to help him feel more secure and adequate since he "was very shy and talked with a stammer- (Dash, 134). ... This brings me to the next topic I would like to talk about in this paper...

• Word Count: 2335
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

Methadone is typically prescribed by medical professionals for the treatment of heroin and other opiate addiction, based on the longer-lasting effects of the drug as a deterrent to illegal use of narcotics. ... Methadone, as well, as other opiate-based drugs will tend to depress the Central Nervous System, resulting in the slowing of the heart rate and respiratory rate. ... One common social effect is the elevated incidences of arrest and incarceration, leading to jail terms, probation and parole supervision, and recidivism based on continued use. ... In short, this study determined that the...

• Word Count: 1964
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

• Have pled guilty to or been found guilty of a drug crime. • Have had their controlled substance abuse deemed a precipitating or contributing factor in the commission of their crime. ... In a recent interview, David Oldfield, Director of Planning and Research, provided a list of violent offenses: • 1st-degree Arson • 1st- and 2nd-degree Murder • 1st-degree robbery • Kidnapping • 1st-degree Assault • Forcible Rape • Forcible Sodomy (personal communication, June 16, 2003) To prevent first-time, non-violent offenders from being inca...

• Word Count: 2049
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

To many economist Milton Friedman is more viewed along the lines of "evangelist". (1) He truly believes in the power of the free market and most of his work especially his books are based on it. ... One thing that there is little doubt upon is that the largest factor affecting crime is drugs. ... One thing that there is little doubt upon is that the largest factor affecting crime is drugs. ...

• Word Count: 1687
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

In Section 6 of The Drugs Misuse Act (1986) (QLD), it states that a person who unlawfully supplies a dangerous drug to another, whether or not such other person is in Queensland, is guilty of a crime [ CITATION Aus86 l 3081 ]. ...

• Word Count: 2315
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The effect of a drug is based on many different things, for example your weight, gender, metabolism and genetic makeup. ... The addiction is usually based on genetics. ... Due to the loss of inhibitions, this drug is associated with crime and other potentially harmful behavior. ...

• Word Count: 1949
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Congress approved the "Marijuana Tax Act of 1937" based almost entirely on propaganda and misinformation (NORML- executive summary). ... Tabloid newspapers and the newly founded Federal Bureau of Narcotics popularized exaggerated accounts of violent crimes committed by immigrants (intoxicated by marijuana). ...

• Word Count: 2117
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Anslinger at one point "managed to get Congress to swallow that 50% of all violent crimes in America were committed by individuals under the influence of Marijuana" (www.theatlantic.com). Based on these fictitious pieces of propaganda, marijuana was made illegal. ...

• Word Count: 1547
• Approx Pages: 6

It is a crime against fellow man to deny needy people suffering from many different, unrelated diseases and side effects from a powerful, readily available medicine due to old political policies. ... "If cannabis-based drugs are given the all-clear in the UK, analysts expect that the rest of Europe and Canada will be next to grant approval, within about six to nine months." ...

• Word Count: 1524
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate