Describe the relationship between drugs and crime. What challenges does this relationship pose for researchers and practitioners?
What will be an ideal response?
Illicit drug abuse is clearly strongly associated with criminal behavior, but the association is not necessarily a causal one. A large body of research indicates that drug abuse does not appear to initiate a criminal career, although it does increase the extent and seriousness of one. In other words, research seems to point to the fact that chronic drug abuse and criminality are part of a broader tendency of some individuals to engage in a variety of deviant and antisocial behaviors. Numerous studies have shown that traits characterizing antisocial individuals such as conduct disorder, impulsiveness, and psychopathy also characterize drug addicts.
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Felonies are:
A) punishable by incarcerative terms in state prison of less than one year. B) major offenses. C) punishable by confinement in a federal prison for six months or less. D) All of the above
Most of the criticism of the sociological theories is that they explain why people who come in contact with crime do not themselves become deviant
a. True b. False
Most crime is intraracial
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Recent studies on police use of force concluded all of the following are true except:
a. Less than half of 1% of the population actually experienced force during contact with the police. b. In most instances, the force used was of the lower or most moderate level. c. Suspect characteristics, such as race, were not related to the use of force. d. Most citizens do not understand or support law enforcement.