Discuss the drug-crime relationship
What will be an ideal response?
The relationship between drugs and crime is a convoluted one at best. The use and abuse of drugs and alcohol contributes to crime in a variety of ways. In the majority of street-crimes, seventy-five to eighty percent, drugs or alcohol are involved in the commission of the crime. The offender was either under-the-influence at the time of the crime, or the crime committed was a drug-related crime (for example, possession of a controlled substance). Drugs may be a prime motivator for the crime. The use of drugs or alcohol may also make crime more likely to happen. Drugs and alcohol serve as a disinhibitor to many crimes that are sexual in nature and violent as well. Heavy users of illegal substances are far more likely to engage in a lifestyle that brings them into contact with more criminals and more opportunities to break the law.
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a. bait and switch b. adulteration c. sensitization d. chipping
Research by Roberts and his colleagues found that offenders who commit ______ are LEAST likely to reoffend.
a. homicides related to domestic violence b. homicides precipitated by an altercation or argument c. homicide committed during the commission of a felony d. homicides after an accident
Discuss the rule of law, its originator, and explain its three irreducible elements.
What will be an ideal response?
Car theft, usually motivated by a teenager's desire to acquire the power, prestige, sexual potency, and recognition associated with an automobile, is known as:
A) ?carjacking. B) ?joyriding. C) ?prestige-jacking. D) ?situational inducement.