Finally the societal reaction perspective, also known as the labeling perspective, will be applied to a specific form of deviance, illicit drug use. ... Moral entrepreneurs actively campaign to have certain values promoted and denounced, and to try and create and enforce standards for themselves and society. The next stage in Becker's process is the application and enforcement of the created rules, which is the determination of when, where, how and why certain acts will be deviant. ... The second stage, in which the deviance is defined, can take many forms such as...

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Marijuana is, by definition, a drug. ... Marijuana, like other drugs, has been known to impair a person's judgment and ability to function; yet unlike other drugs, "not a single person has ever died from a weed overdose " (Wing par. 1). ... The first is that the legalization of marijuana would allow the U.S. government to tax the drug. ... Gieringer approximations that an average of "4700 tons " of marijuana is smoked in America per year, and that "the total direct savings to government in taxes and enforcement come to some $8 - $16 billion per year " (par. 6). ... Drugs are widely label...

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Their mothers all used drugs while they were pregnant, and this caused the children to have this special skill. These children were taken from their mother because she used drugs, and when they were found to have this special skill, they were put to work. ... Anderton has been into drugs since his son disappeared, but this does not seem to have an effect on his job, and everybody who works with him ignores the fact that he does it. ... The department was taken down after this, and regular enforcement was put back into place. ...

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The final bond is that of belief and it deals with a connection to society's value system and respect for laws, and the people and institutions which enforce such laws. ... Along with the six family conditions we will be examining six different behavioral outcomes; property crime, violent crime, mental disorder, alcoholism, drug addiction, and status offenses. ... Juvenile delinquency studies have also found significantly high rates of alcoholism, drug dependence, mental disorders, and sexual deviance among juveniles who's parents have been incarcerated. ... With adoption, the crimin...

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The purpose of this paper is to discuss and analyze the factors of media influence on the phenomena of violence in our increasingly "wired" society, and to discuss the effect of that influence in terms of psychological and behavioral outcomes affecting law enforcement and criminal deterrence. ... Literature Review It is important to examine the complex nature between factors, outcome and law enforcement effectiveness; this may be done by identifying and examining the moderating and mediating variables which may influence these outcomes. ...

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The legitimacy of the stratification structure is established and perpetuated through teaching beliefs to young, and enforcing those beliefs. ... For example, I once witnessed on the train that a couple white males were trying to get some drugs so they assumed that my friend an African American was a drug dealer just by the fact that he was black and he was dressed in baggy clothes. ...

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" With these lacking, Monke also states that "We should not be surprised when they "solve" personal and social problems by turning to drugs, guns, hateful Web logs, or other powerful "tools," rather than digging deep within themselves or searching out others in the community for support.... The internet has its own culture, its own way of communicating, no law enforcement, no national boundaries as well as free access to every kind of information known to mankind. ...

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The chapters do however, meet once a week or a month to go over their progress and what still needs to be done, but no one is forced to attend, freedom of decision being re enforced. ... (The Food Not Bombs Movement) In October, the same year, Food Not Bombs organized what they called "Boston Pee Party", which was a form of protest against the drug testing law given by President Reagan. ...

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He argues that USA's society produces crime by enforcing the need to achieve American dream by turning to illegitimate means. ... From these surveys the criminal justice system (CJS) can see how frequently people commit crimes that they would not admit to directly to the police, for example, under age drinking/smoking, doing drugs or even illegal downloading. ...

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