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| Public order crimes also known as victimless crimes |
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| are crimes involving sexuality and morality |
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| Publie order crimes involve |
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| acts that interfere with the operations of society and the ability of people to function efficiently |
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| (about porn) women involved in adult films, far from being highly paid stars are dehumanized-turned into objects and commodities |
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| Patrick Devlin talks about the function of morality in the law |
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| for society, is not something that is kept together physically; it is held by the invisible bonds of common thought. the bondage is part of the price society and mankind, which needs society, must pay its price |
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| he is motivated by the fact that defining morality may be an impossible task |
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| the purpose of outlawing immoral acts is to show the moral superiority of those who condemn the acts over those who partake of them |
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| According to Hitwise it is TRUE |
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| an internet monitoring corportation, online porn sites get about 3x more visits than the top 3 web search engins, including google, yashh and msn. |
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| by 2004, amnesty international estimates |
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| 135million of the worlds females will have undergone genital mutilation. custom and tradition are by far the most frequently cited reasond for mutilation, and it is often carried out in a tirual during which the young woman is initiated into adulthood. the surgery is done to ensure virginity, remove sexual sensation |
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| people like alice walker considers the procedure mutilation as |
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| torture. and torture is not a culture, saying this she is referring to the indigenous people who do this as a tradition |
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| South african nations changed their laws and started fining people for mutilation procedures because |
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| of outside pressure, people downing their culture/traditions 6,000 girls are still subject to female circumcision everyday in africa/middle east/muslim countries |
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| the guy who because rich off of selling mustard, ketchup, jelly, jam-he decided to branch out into prostitution, by sending ads in the newspaper seeking a companion/housekeeper. when women applied he proposed that they become prostitues |
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said people need love badly
said all he wanted to do was cater to his customers needs and paying meticulous attention to detail like he did with his food business |
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| Is what Roll did illegal? |
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| no, there is no law against lust, gluttony, avarice, sloth, envy, pride, or anger although they are considered the 7 deadly sins. |
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| how can immoral acts be distinguished from crimes? |
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| by on the basis of the social harm they cause |
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| Alcohol, Motorcycles, tobacco |
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| are all examples of being extremly harmful but these products remain legal to produce and sell. |
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| more people die each year from alcohol-tobacco- auto related deaths than from all illegal drugs COMBINED |
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| their popular targets are abortion clinics, pornographers, gun dealers, logging companies. ex:700club saysGAYs helped america become the way it is today |
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| rule creators who engage in activies to rid the world of behavior they consider wrong and depraved. |
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| fervent, righteous, often self righteous |
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| Some moral crusadersjustify their actions by claiming that the very structure of our insitituions and beliefs are in danger because of |
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porn disrupts family values
which they say should be ban |
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| is still included in criminology |
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| violent hate crimes on gays |
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| refers to erotic interest in members of ones own sex |
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| Does engaging in homosexual behavior mean one is homosexual>? |
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| some people engage in homosexuality because |
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| heterosexual partners are not available. (examples why-prison) |
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| Is it possible to be a homosexual but not engage in sexual conduct with members of the same sex? |
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| in america there are about |
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| 600,000 gay partnerships. more than 1.2million |
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| Sodom is the source of the term |
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| sodomy(deviant intercourse) |
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| The bible implies that God destoryed the ancient cities of Sodom and Gomorrah because |
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| their residents deviant behavior |
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| people who believe in the bible say being gay |
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| that homosexuality is a contagious disease, or that they will seduce their children |
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| some people develop a deep hate for homosexuals because they are insecure about their own sexual identity |
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| still bans OPENLY gay people from serving but has compromised with a dont ask dont tell policy |
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-lost custody of their children
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| Is the tide turning for gays? |
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| surverys show that a significant majority americans now support gays in the militry and equality in employment, housing, inheritance rights and social secutiry benefits |
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| some states still punish gay people more harshly than heterosexuals. |
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| -alot had engaged in sexual relations with minor children |
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are bizarre or abnormal sexual practices involving recurrent sexual urges meaning they have sex with
1)nonhuman objects
2) humiliation or the experience of recieiving or giving pain
3) children or others who cannot grant consent |
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| (paraphilias) Buddhist texts contain references to sexually deviant behaviors 2000 yrs old |
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| sexual activity with animals and sexual interest in corpes |
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| wear clothing normally worn by the opposite sex |
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plastic bag, mask, chest compression, oxygen deprivation to the brain to enhance sexual gratification
USUALLY THESE CASES ARE MALES |
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| rubbing against or touching a person int he crowd, elevator or public area |
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| obtaining sexual pleasure from spying on a stranger while he or she disrobes, engages in sexual behavior with another |
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| deriving sexual pleasure from exposing the gentials to suprise or shock a stranger |
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| deriving pleasure from receiving pain or inflicting pain on another |
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| sexual pleasure thru sexual activity with prepubescent children. |
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| that involve unwilling or underage victims are illegal! |
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| mean tO CAUSE TO STAND IN FRONT OF THATS where the word prostitution came from |
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| the earliest record of prostitution appears in ancient |
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| mesopotamia, where the priests engaged in sex to promote fertility in the community. |
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| Back then all women were required to do temple duty |
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| passing strangers were expected to make donations to the temple after enjoying its service |
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| Modern commerical sex appears to have its roots in ancient Greece, where solon established |
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| christian religious leaders |
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| tolerated prostitution as a necessary evil, this tolerance disappeared after the reformation |
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| can be defined as granting non martial sexual access, established by mutual agreement of the prostitutes their clients and their employers for remuneration |
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| Sociologists call prostitutes |
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| The street level sex workers actitivies are |
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1) activity that has sexual significance for the customer
2) economic transaction
3) emotional indifference |
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| People who became regulars views prostitution as |
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| merely a service occupation |
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| the number of men who hire prostitutes |
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| the number of arrests for prostitution has |
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| why have many men avoid visiting prostitutes |
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| they fear disease, the ones that are permeant like AIDS |
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| 80,000 prostitution arrests are made annually |
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| Trafficking may be the result of |
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| manipulation, deception, abuse of authority, family pressure, violence, inequaility for women and children |
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| one million women and girl |
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| are traffiked for sexual exploitation in sex industries |
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| what kinda countries were they coming from |
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| mainly asia, but also russia-most popular today russians, urkaine |
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| when women recruited thru a friend |
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| sex in a poorer country usually rich men have sex with younger women |
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| 50,000 women and children every year are being trafficked |
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| into the US, some for prositutions and some for sweat shops |
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| Types of prostitutes will now be discussed |
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| -streetwalkers -bar girls - brothel - call girls - escort service/call houses - circuit travelers - skeezers -cyper -massage parlors/photo studios |
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| -least attractive -lowest paid - most vulnerable mena dn women in the profession -many are young runaways - usually youngest type of prostitute -usually their money goes to drugs |
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| -usually hang around bars, and wait for customers to pick them up -sometimes in the bars, girls are given credit for each drink they sale. - they are commonly found in towns with military bases |
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run by madams that house serveral prostitutes. a madam is a woman who employs prostitutues, supervises their behavior and recieved a fee for her services, which her cut is usually 40 to 60 percent of the prostitutes earnings.
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aristocrats are call girls. some charge customers thousands per night and net more than 100,000 per yr. - call girls ceom from middle class backgrounds. they service upper class. they date book their clients.
-downfall they will be alone, and risk that unprotected by their stranger |
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| escort services/call houses |
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| ad in the yellow pages, this combines the elements of brothel and call girl.they have a madam as well, but the madam maintains a list of prostitutes who are on call rather than living together in a house like TAXI DRIVERS. the call house insulates the madam from arrest because she never meets the clients or recieve direct payment |
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| -move around in groups of 2 or 3 to lumber, labor and agricultural camps. they ask the foremen for permission to apply their trade, service the whole crew in an evenin and then move on. -sometimes girls are focused by the pimps to do this (the people who focused them were called ticketeros) |
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| had an abuse problem. and they do it to support their drug habit. |
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| massage parlors/photo studios |
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| it is common that they do not offer all services. usualy oral sex and manual stimulation are common. masseuse keep certain parts of their body covered. |
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| they set up personal websites or put listings on web boards. |
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| both male and female street level sex workers often come from troubled homes marked by extreme conflict and hostility and from poor urban areas or rural communitites - grew up in a home without a father |
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| young girls who frequently use drugs at an early age |
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| are most at risk for prostitution to support their habits. |
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| why are 3rd world countries usually prostitutes? |
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| because it is linked to economic necessity |
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| prostitutes have a high chance of getting |
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| is not a recent development |
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| girls are initiated into sex by family members, they have long histories of sexual exploitation and abuse |
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| found that the problem of child sexual abuse is much more widespread than has been previously believed or documented |
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| of sexually exploited children were involved in prostitution rings that worked across state lines |
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| prohibited bringing women into the country or transporting them across state lines for the purposes of prostitituon. often called the WHITE SLAVE ACT it carried $5,000 fine, 5 yrs in prison or both |
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| prostitituion is considered a misdemeanor today |
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| punishable by a fine or short jail sentence |
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| prositition is illegal in all states except |
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| sexual equality view considers |
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| the prostitute a victim of male dominance |
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| that prostitution if freely chosen, expresses womens equality and is not a sympton of subjugation |
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| both of these views argue |
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| that the penalties for prostitution should be reduced(decriminialized) neither side adovates outright legalization. but decriminialization would relieve already desperate women of the additional burdern of severe legal punishment |
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| holland legalized brothels in 2001 but |
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| ordered that they be run under a strict set of guidelines |
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| a women that works in nevada said |
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| legalization helped. she found that the women remained HVI-free and felt after working in a secure environment than alone on city streets. most earned between 300-1,500 per day |
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| pornography comes from the greek word |
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| porne-prostitute graphein meaning write |
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| suburban video stores also |
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| rent and sell sexually explict tapes, which make up 15-30% of the home rental market |
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| offers 200,000 websites, the purpose of this material is to provide sexual titillation and excitment for paying customers |
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| deeply offensive to morality or decency |
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| police and law enforcement officals |
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| can legally seize only material that is judge to be OBSCENE. but it is so hard to determine what is obscene or what isnt |
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| each yr more than a million children are believed to be used in porn or prostitution many of them runaways who plight is exploited by adults. |
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| The affects on the children |
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| -physical problems-headaches loss of appetite or genial soreness. mood swings, psychological problems |
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| have not focused on its most dangerous form KIDDIE PORN. which sometimes involved pix of 4 and 5 year old girls in sexual encounters. |
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| instead of focusing on users, efforts should be directed against the suppliers. KIDDIE PORN BE CRIMINALIZED |
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| the evidence is mixed up. |
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| it has little effect. and the frequent use of porn was not related to sexual aggresion. |
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| men who were both at high risk for sexual aggression and frequent use of porn |
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| were much more likely to engage in sexual agression than their counterparts who consume porn less. |
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| but even high levels of exposures to porn |
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| do not turn nonaggressive men into sexual predators |
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| Convicted rapists and sex offenders reported |
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| less exposure to porn than a control group of nonoffenders |
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| there is more evidence that people exposed to material that protrays violence sadism and women enjoying being raped and degraded are also liekly to be sexually agreesive toward female victims |
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| found that men exposed to violent porn are more liekly to act aggressively an hold aggressive attitudes toward women. |
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| still it is not certain if it drives people to sexual violence. |
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| trafficking in obscenity, child porn, harassment, luring of minors |
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| are all felonies punishes by long prison sentences |
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| protects free speech and prohibits police agencies from limiting the publics right to free expression |
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| it must be shown to be utterly without redeeming social value |
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| to convict a person of obscenity under the miller doctrine, the state of local jurisdiction must specifically define obscene conduct in its statute, and the porngrapher must engage in that behavior. |
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| controlling sex for profit is difficult because of the publics desire to purchase sexually related material and services |
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| a zoning ordinance that restricted theaters showing erotic movies to one area of the city |
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| the state has the right to regulate adult films as long as |
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| the public has the right to view them |
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| the law fobides sex oriented business within 500 feet of RESIDENTAL ZONES, SCHOOL, churchs, daycare centers |
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| and 500 ft from other sex stores because it will then look like a red light district zone |
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| sex shops cannot only have sex things they must have |
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| 40% of their floor space and inventory are allowed to be dedicated to adult entertainment, the rest have to sale stuff like luggages, bags and tshirts etc. |
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| adult movie theaters are closing because people can buy and play movies at home on their own, also internet sex services include live, interactive stripping and sexual actitives |
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| controls the internet porn, making the site holders responsible if they see anything obscene. but as long as it isnt...the first amendment protects them |
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| CPPA (child porn prevention act) |
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| expanded the federal pohibition on chil dporn to unclude not only porn images made using actual kids but also any visual depiction that is or appears to be of a minor engaging in sexually explicit |
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| the first amendment makes it difficult |
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| to distinguish between images made using real kids and those produced by computers//since the courts ruling, the act has not been enforced |
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| rural areas are important staging centers |
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| for the shipment of drugs across the country and are often the production sites for synthetic drugs and mary j farming. |
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| there is a great debate over legalization of drugs |
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| -some consider it to be private matter - legalization could reduce the profit of selling illegal substances and drive suppliers our of the market. |
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| these substances are seen by some dangerous |
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| believing that the criminal activity of users makes the term victimless nonsensical |
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| some say it should be legalized but |
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| the distribution of drugs should be heavily penalized |
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| it was used for stimulation,relief, relaxtion and has gone on for thousands of years-mesopotamian writings indicate that opim was used 4,000 yrs ago, and was known FOR THE PLANT OF JOY |
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| the arabs were using mary j and mexicans and south americans chewed coca leaves and used magic mushrooms in religious ceromonies |
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| in the early yrs of the us |
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| opim was easily obtained. opium based drugs were used in various patent medicine cure alls. morphine was used extensively to relieve pain of wounded soldiers in the civil war |
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| were throughly opposed to the use and sale or narcotics. the mdecial literature of the late 1800s began to designate the use of morphine and opium as vice, a hibt, an appetite, and a disease. |
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| police described drug users as habitual criminials. the moral crusaders defined drug use as evil and directed that local and national entitites should outlaw the sale and possession of drugs |
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| early antidrug legislation appears to be tied to prejudice against immigrating ethnic minorites |
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| the first international drug conference was held in |
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| shanghai 1908 and the second was the HAGUE in 1912 the participants in these two conferences were asked to strongly oppose free trade in drugs |
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| was fueled by the belief that the purity of the US agrarian culture was beinf destroyed by the growth of the city |
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| irish, italian, european imiigrants |
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| centers of degradation and wickedness |
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| the new americans prohibition of the sale of alcohol |
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| made it illegal to only sell alcohol not to purchase it. |
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| ISR looked at highschoolers |
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| 50,00 highschool students in the 8th 10th and 12th grades in almost 400 school across US reports havinf 5 drinks in a row in the past 2 weeks |
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| from all US residents of households, noninstitutional group quarters and military bases where civilians lived |
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| about 19.5 million americans aged 12 or older abou 8% were currently illicit drug users, |
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| is the most common illicit drug |
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| that drug use trends have been in decline since 1996 both men and women american still use alot of illegal drugs and they continue to do so from childhood into young adulthood and beyond |
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show that alcohol abuse begins at an early age
children under the age of 21 drink abou 19% of the alcohol consumed in the US |
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| the age at which children begin drinking |
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being in the environment
have a sexual friend..youll probably have sex..if you date older men.youll probably use drugs or have sex etc |
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| say people who take their surveys should be honest, BUT they are not sure if they are 100% honest |
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| be the MOST frequent users of dangerous drugs |
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girls are more willing to admitt taking drugs than boys
kids with 2 parents are less willing to admit taking drugs than kids with single parent homes |
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| is closely tied to the threat of AIDs |
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| 1/3 of all IV drug users are |
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| shared needles and altho some tried to use bleach as a disinfectant, the majority ignore this safety tip |
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| developed programs to help these drug users and some have made an effort to teach users how to clean their needles and syringes, a few states have gone far to give out clean needles |
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| drug use may still be increasing among |
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| poor, highschool dropouts, and other disadvantage groups |
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| subculture view>> PEER influence |
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| a significant predictor of drug careers that actually grow stronger as people mature |
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| said that ghettos arent the only area for drug use, middle class ppl do it to. it lies within emotional problems, personality disturbance, impaired cognitive functioning |
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| " " ^ people may turn to drug abuse |
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| as a form of self medication in order to reduce the emotional turmoil of adolescene, deal with troubling impluses or cope with traumatic life experiences |
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| addicts suffer personality disorders, characterized by a weak ego, low frustration tolerance , anxiety, fantasises |
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| " " ^ many addicts exhibit psychopathic or sociopathic behavior characteristics forming what is called |
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| an addiction prone personality |
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| about 53% of drug users and 37% of alcohol abusers |
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| have atleast one serious mental illness |
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| ppl whose parents drink, have a great chance of drinking. but environment plays an important role as well |
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| drug abuse may also result from observing parental drug use. children whose parents abuse drugs as more liekly to have persistent abuse porblems than the children of non abusers. |
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| having history of family drug and alcohol abuse |
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| has been found to be a characteristic of violent teenage sexual abusers |
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| research indicates that adolescent alcohol abusers believe |
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| that getting high will make them powerful increase their sexual performance (rational choice) do it not cause u have a problem but because u like the feeling. just having some fun |
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| a number of research efforts have confirmed this |
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| adults who gave children alcohol |
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| were giving them a head start in delinquent career. kids who begin using alcohol in adolescene become involved in increasing levels of deviant behavior as they mature |
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| Many hard core drug abusers |
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| never actually smoked pot or used alcohol-american youths have tried may j only few actually progress to crack or heroin abuse |
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| 1. adolescents who distribute small amounts of drugs-involvement in the drug trade by using and distributing small amounts of drugs but they do not commit any other serious criminal acts.stash dealers-who sold drugs to maintain a consistenet access to drugs for their own consumption-their customers are always someone they personally know or acquaintances |
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| 2) adolescens who frequently sell drugs-most often multiple drug users or heroin or cocaina users are high rate dealers who bridge the gap between adult drug distributors and the adolescent user. -loan them drugs to sell without upfront cash-frquent dealers are more likely to sell drugs in public -hangout in parks,schools,deals irregualr |
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| 3) teenage drug dealers who commit other delinquent acts-are gang members they committ 40% of the robberies and assaults and about 60% of all teenage felony thefts and drug sales, these youths are frequently hired by older dealers to act as street level drug runners. |
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| 4) adolescents who cycle in and out of the justice system-youths that are failures at both dealing and crim. they do not have the savvy to join gangs or groups, they are unplanned and do it alone, they are usually heavily drug USERS. they are not trustworthy |
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| 5)Drug involved youth who continue to commit crimes as adults- 2/3 of substance - abusing youths continue to use drugs after they reach adult hood.-drug using persisters have low nonverbal IQs and poor physcial coordination |
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| 6)Outwardly respectable adults who are top level dealers- zell large quantities of drugs to support themseleves in high class lifestyles-they are drawn from professions and occupations that are unstable, have irregular working hours and accept drug abuse- like former graduate students, muscians, |
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| 7) smugglers- import drugs into US. they are usually men middle aged older, who have strong organizational skills, established connections, etc. they are loosely organized, competitive group of individual entrepreneurs |
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| 8) adult predatory drug users who are frequently arrested-many users who begin abusing substances in early adolescne continue in drugs and crime in their adulthood. -they have few skills-did poorly in school-have long criminal records-the threat of conviction or punishment has little effect on their criminal activities-they specialize in robberis, theftc,drug sales,burglaries in and out of jail |
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8)^^ street junkies live a very difficult life. lack of availability
9) adult predator drug users who are rarely arested-some drug users are winners they are known for their calculated violence. their crimes are carefully planned and coordinated. they often work with partners.-stablized junkies who have learned the skills needed to purchase and process larger amounts of heroin-they are employmable but earnings legitimate income does little to reduce their drug use or dealing activities |
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| 10) less predatory drug-involved adult offenders-most adult drug users are petty criminals who avoid violent crime-juss beginin their addiction- they jus graduate from highschool-and have regular employment that supports their drug use-do small things like petty thefts or pass bad checks. |
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| 11) women who are drug involved offenders-women are far less likely than men to use addictive drugs.-they are often involved in prostitution the low level drugsdealing- a few become top level dealers. many are prego or are already mothers, n because they share needles they are at high risk of AIDS |
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1) crime causes drug abuse (smoke after robbing someone)
2) drug abuse causes crime (support your habit)
3) or crime and drug comes from X |
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| 2 approaches have been used to study drugs and crim |
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1) surverys known addicts
2) surverys criminals to see if they were or are drug users |
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| shows that people who take drugs have entensive involvment in crime. youths who abuse alcohol are most likely to engage in violence during their life course but violence was rare 11% usualy they shop left |
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NSDUH survery found that youths who self reported deliquent behavior during the past yr were also more liekly to use illicit drugs
-prison inmates disclose that many 80% are lifelong substance abusers 1/3 say they were under the influence when they commited their last offense |
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| most common for the women |
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| yes most criminals are in fact substance abusers |
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| but is still uncertain that drug use interferes with maturation and socialization |
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| in 1906 pure food and drug act |
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| required manufacturers to list the amounts of habit-forming drugs in products on the labels but did not restrict their use. |
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| narcotic produces sleep and relieves pain such as |
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| heroin, morphine, and opium |
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| The Mary J tax Act of 1937 required registration and payment of a tax by all who |
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| imported, sold or manufactured mary j |
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| provided mandatory sentences for violationg federal drug laws |
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| the durham-humphrey act of 1956 |
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| made it illegal to dispense barbiturates and amphetamines without a prescription |
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| trafficking one kilogram of heroin equaled |
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| Anti Drug Act of 1988 drug czar |
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| against drug dealing imposed th death penalty for drug related killings |
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| some states now apply extremely heavy penalties for |
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| selling or distributing dangerous drugs, involvin long prison sentences of up to 25yrs |
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| aimings to stop the drug flow to the country |
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| punishing the dealers, cracking down on street level drug deals |
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| the enforcement of strict drug laws that carry heavy penalities |
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| this approach is designed to capture and punish known international drug dealers and deter those who are considering entering the drug trade |
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| destroy over seas crops, cutt off supplies of drugs arresting members of drug cartels in asia, middle east, south america, |
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| the amount of opium grown each yr |
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| even if they destroyed3 quarters the US market would still require only 10% |
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| reducing the amount of illegal drugs produced each yr |
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| might have lil effect on US consumption |
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| drug users in the US are more able and willing |
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| to pay for drugs than anyone else in the world |
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| the decisions of other countrys to actually help them stop this drug war |
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| war and terrorism also may make source control strategies problematic |
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| afghanistan is now 75% of the world opium supplier |
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| to protect Us borders, its so unprotected |
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| Law enforcement strategies |
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prosecute traditonal organized crime groups than to take on drug dealing gangs. for example the bikers.
mexicans/columbians everyone who is now competing for dominance |
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| when lare scale drug busts are made |
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| supplies become scarce and market values increase encouraging more people to enter the drug trade |
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| prosecution and punishement of drug offenders a top prority. very long sentences.25% of ppl convicted on federal drug charged are granted probation or some other form of community release |
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| some have gone so far into suggesting |
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| that govnmernt agencies are either ignoring or covering up the toll harsh drug penaltites have on societys disadvantageed because it is politically expedient to be tough on defender |
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| involvment of the local community, institutions are being brought together to create drug prevention and awareness programs, programs are suppose to reduce fear, incouraging people when they see something to call private and tell. |
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| ^ being hard on the landlords |
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| landloard have been sued for owning properties that house drug dealers;neighborhood groups have scrutinized drug houses for building code violations-improve neighborhood physical environment. |
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| ^residents cleaning up the streets problem |
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| some surveys indicate that most residents do not participate in the programs. |
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| Drug testing of private employees, gov workers, and criminal offenders is |
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| believed to deter substance abuse |
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| to test their enhancement on the job safety and productivity |
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| have drug testing programs |
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| the goal of drug testing is |
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| improve productivity and safety |
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| focus on building a sense of self, getting them clean of drugs and alcohol |
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| is a drug similar to heroin and addicts can be treated at clinic where they recieve methadone under controlled conditions |
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| some users sell their methadone on the black market |
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| others supplement their dosages with illegally obtain heroin |
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| the longterm effect of treatment on drug abuse |
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| people who completed treatment programs are less likely to use drugs than |
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| more than4.1 million are drug dependent |
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| only less than 1 million are receiving treatment-the treatment gap is most pronounced for adolescents: aged 12-2 dependent on illicit drugs is nearly 6x greater than the # receiving treatment |
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| abusers who obtain and keep employment will end or reduce the incidence of their substance abuse |
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| the so called war on drugs is |
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| expensive, costing more than 500billion over the past 20yrs-money that could have been spent on education and economic development |
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| drug enforcement and treatment cost |
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| it is difficult to get people out of drug culture |
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| because the enormous profits involved in the drug trade |
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if drugs are legalized, people who intake more.
if drugs are legalized, taxes would have to be applied on to the drugs, but if people do not like the prices, they say they will smuggle the drugs in, and the black market underground will still be running |
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