Explain the cognitive-affective theories of drug usage
What will be an ideal response?
The answer should contain the following points:
- a number of theories focusing on how perceptions about costs and benefits of drug use contribute to adolescent decisions to experiment with these substances
- assumptions—(1) the decision to use substances rests in substance-specific expectations and perceptions held by adolescents; (2) the effects of all other variables (e.g., adolescents’ personality traits or their involvement with peers who use substances) are mediated through substance-specific cognitions, evaluations, and decisions
- theory of reasoned action—most encompassing of these cost/benefit decision-making models
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
The rate of which of the following is higher in the offender population than the general population and presents challenges to prison and community supervision officials?
a. Tuberculosis b. HIV/AIDS c. Malaria d. Hepatitis C
Those who believe that abusers and addicts endanger society with their behavior and should be treated like any other criminals advocate which model of addiction?
a. Medical model of addiction b. Criminal model of addiction c. Social crime model d. Habitual drug abuser model
The majority of time a patrol officer spends at work is spent
a. on preventive patrol. b. answering calls for service. c. filling out paperwork. d. issuing traffic citations.