Analyze the changes in the legislation around penalties for crack and powder cocaine. What do you think led to these changes? Is further change needed? Why or why not?
What will be an ideal response?
The 1986 anti-drug abuse act made it so that penalties were much more severe for drug-law violations involving crack than powder cocaine (100-to-1 rule). The rationale for this was the violence and other criminal behavior in inner cities associated with crack cocaine. These disparities however, resulted in African Americans facing much harsher prison sentences than their white counterparts, who were more likely to engage in use of powder cocaine. In 2007, the U.S. sentencing commission established guidelines to lighten the penalties for crack cocaine, and in 2010, the Fair Sentencing Act was commissioned, leading to an 18-to-1 ratio. Students should discuss whether this ratio should be 1-to-1, providing a rationale for their choice.
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a. White-collar crime b. Soccer hooliganism c. Genocides d. Serial murder e. Riots
__________ was the author of Theoretical Criminology
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Which statement about the Nurse–Family Partnership program is false?
a. The program targeted first-time mothers-to-be who were under 19 years of age, unmarried, or poor. b. Children of mothers who received home visits had as many arrests as children of mothers who were not in the program. c. Those in the program were less reliant on welfare and social services than mothers not in the home visitation program. d. The home visitors gave advice to the mothers about care of the child, infant development, and the importance of proper nutrition and avoiding smoking and drinking during pregnancy.