Briefly discuss the association between drug use and delinquency. Be sure to provide examples

What will be an ideal response?


Crime may be an instrument of the drug trade: violence erupts when rival gangs use weapons to settle differences and establish territorial monopolies. Drug users may also commit crimes to pay for their habits. Drug users may be more willing to take risks, because their inhibitions are lowered by substance abuse.

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Brecher (2007) critiques the ______ as a “fantasy derived from philosophers’ thought-experiments which are usually designed to test the limits of moral theory.”

a. slippery slope b. terrorism scenario c. ticking bomb scenario d. slippery slope scenario

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You can't prove up documents in a deposition

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Which of the following are characteristic of investment fraud?

a. Multiple offenses b. Attention from the press c. Regulatory changes d. All of the above

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"Stand your ground" laws change what doctrine in many states by adopting a presumption that a homeowner has a fear of imminent peril whenever he is attacked in his home?

a. the castle doctrine b. the "make my day" doctrine c. the Brown doctrine d. the Garner doctrine

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