Crime in America
... compensate the victims of their crimes. Today, victim advocacy groups are playing a more significant role in the criminal justice system. Their primary function is to help victims through their trauma and also to protect the rights of victims. Most of these groups deal with specific crimes, like ...
... compensate the victims of their crimes. Today, victim advocacy groups are playing a more significant role in the criminal justice system. Their primary function is to help victims through their trauma and also to protect the rights of victims. Most of these groups deal with specific crimes, like ...
The Drug War Across Borders: US Drug Policy and Latin America
... drugs. In order to reduce the risk of detection, drug exporters have an incentive to create versions of drugs that can be compacted into smaller spaces or to import drugs that naturally have a higher potency. This provides the greatest “bang for the buck” while lessening the chances of detection. Of ...
... drugs. In order to reduce the risk of detection, drug exporters have an incentive to create versions of drugs that can be compacted into smaller spaces or to import drugs that naturally have a higher potency. This provides the greatest “bang for the buck” while lessening the chances of detection. Of ...
Dealing with Disparity in Federal Court
... “Structural racism, derived from the longstanding differential treatment of those with characteristics highly correlated with race (e.g., poverty) can cause or ...
... “Structural racism, derived from the longstanding differential treatment of those with characteristics highly correlated with race (e.g., poverty) can cause or ...
Laws - Uwsp
... Relevant Statistics Some argue that the war on drugs creates a permanent underclass of people who have few educational or job opportunities, often as a result of being punished for drug offenses which in turn have resulted from attempts to earn a living in spite of having no education or job oppor ...
... Relevant Statistics Some argue that the war on drugs creates a permanent underclass of people who have few educational or job opportunities, often as a result of being punished for drug offenses which in turn have resulted from attempts to earn a living in spite of having no education or job oppor ...
Slide 1
... Break the cycle Strengthen community Identify gaps in the system Improve capacity of mainstream services to work with Aboriginal clients • Improve Service delivery for Aboriginal clients ...
... Break the cycle Strengthen community Identify gaps in the system Improve capacity of mainstream services to work with Aboriginal clients • Improve Service delivery for Aboriginal clients ...
World Drug Report 2016 - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
... - Violence-targeting strategies - Long-term versus short-term ...
... - Violence-targeting strategies - Long-term versus short-term ...
summary - Emcdda
... Crucially for policy planning purposes, it will be impossible to calculate the success rates for treatment interventions if the total number of people entering treatment is not counted. ...
... Crucially for policy planning purposes, it will be impossible to calculate the success rates for treatment interventions if the total number of people entering treatment is not counted. ...
SUMMARY - Emcdda
... Crucially for policy planning purposes, it will be impossible to calculate the success rates for treatment interventions if the total number of people entering treatment is not counted. ...
... Crucially for policy planning purposes, it will be impossible to calculate the success rates for treatment interventions if the total number of people entering treatment is not counted. ...
HIGH-LEVEL PANEL DISCUSSION “UNGASS 2016 ON THE
... women in prison for drug-related offences are rarely major players in the global drug trade, but rather those who have been recruited or coerced to perform low-level, yet high-risk tasks, such as small-scale dealing or smuggling drugs across borders. The contributing factors that motivate women to c ...
... women in prison for drug-related offences are rarely major players in the global drug trade, but rather those who have been recruited or coerced to perform low-level, yet high-risk tasks, such as small-scale dealing or smuggling drugs across borders. The contributing factors that motivate women to c ...
Workshop C - CEP Probation
... deterrent – Easier separation from criminal associates – Rehabilitation? ...
... deterrent – Easier separation from criminal associates – Rehabilitation? ...
Judge Maria Lucia Karam
... offenses are 27% of the Brazilian prison population. In the last 7 years, the number of inmates sentenced for drug offenses more than quadrupled.2 However, drug prohibition produces not only mass incarceration. Prohibition creates “crimes without victims,” but the “war on drugs”, as any other war, ...
... offenses are 27% of the Brazilian prison population. In the last 7 years, the number of inmates sentenced for drug offenses more than quadrupled.2 However, drug prohibition produces not only mass incarceration. Prohibition creates “crimes without victims,” but the “war on drugs”, as any other war, ...
Current Status Of the Drug problem in the Caribbean
... Very High Prices – Australia, Europe, South Africa New routes through Venezuela ...
... Very High Prices – Australia, Europe, South Africa New routes through Venezuela ...
AJS101 (40384) DRUGS
... In the 1970s, President Richard Nixon formally launched the war on drugs to eradicate illicit drug use in the US. "If we cannot destroy the drug menace in America, then it will surely in time destroy us," Nixon told Congress in 1971. "I am not prepared to accept this alternative.“ Over the next coup ...
... In the 1970s, President Richard Nixon formally launched the war on drugs to eradicate illicit drug use in the US. "If we cannot destroy the drug menace in America, then it will surely in time destroy us," Nixon told Congress in 1971. "I am not prepared to accept this alternative.“ Over the next coup ...
SOC 4108 3.24.14 Lecture Slides
... • Eligibility: established history of substance abuse problems, non-violence offences • Three shared characteristics: – Coerced treatment with maximum judicial power – Heavy level of surveillance and long term rehab – Strict reward-punishment system in a therapeutic community setting ...
... • Eligibility: established history of substance abuse problems, non-violence offences • Three shared characteristics: – Coerced treatment with maximum judicial power – Heavy level of surveillance and long term rehab – Strict reward-punishment system in a therapeutic community setting ...
Four Pillars of Effective Drug Policy for New York: Prevention
... peer-reviewed research that focus on reducing individual, family, and community harm associated with substance use. Support reality-based drug education programs in schools, like Safety First, www.safety1st.org. ...
... peer-reviewed research that focus on reducing individual, family, and community harm associated with substance use. Support reality-based drug education programs in schools, like Safety First, www.safety1st.org. ...
Substance Abuse and Crime - substance-abuse
... Violent Behavior, by Type of Illicit Drug Used in Past Year ...
... Violent Behavior, by Type of Illicit Drug Used in Past Year ...
The Campaign to Repeal the Rockefeller Drug Laws
... A 1997 study by RAND’s Drug Policy Research Center concluded that treatment is the most effective tool in the fight against drug abuse. The RAND study found that treatment reduces 15 times more serious crime than mandatory minimum sentences. ...
... A 1997 study by RAND’s Drug Policy Research Center concluded that treatment is the most effective tool in the fight against drug abuse. The RAND study found that treatment reduces 15 times more serious crime than mandatory minimum sentences. ...
DRUG POLICY:
... Legislative and regulatory changes to create a regulatory system for all currently illegal drugs Control potentially harmful substances Limit the control that organized criminals have over the drugs ...
... Legislative and regulatory changes to create a regulatory system for all currently illegal drugs Control potentially harmful substances Limit the control that organized criminals have over the drugs ...
EU drug policies are often contrasted with US drug
... Impact litigation (improving legislation through lawsuits) and harm reduction advocacy Trainings, conferences, publications ...
... Impact litigation (improving legislation through lawsuits) and harm reduction advocacy Trainings, conferences, publications ...
Ten Point Declaration 1. Drug use is a risk factor for a wide range of
... and illegal substances. Environmental strategies should be supplemented by education and evidence-based prevention as well as more targeted interventions that reach high-risk groups and problem drug users. 3. Drug use is particularlyharmful to youth. Drug use usually begins in adolescence, making yo ...
... and illegal substances. Environmental strategies should be supplemented by education and evidence-based prevention as well as more targeted interventions that reach high-risk groups and problem drug users. 3. Drug use is particularlyharmful to youth. Drug use usually begins in adolescence, making yo ...
Treatment and Rehabilitation for Drug
... Few data available on drug use by offenders in most OAS countries In those countries for which we have estimates, illicit drug use is significantly higher among offenders than among the general population* ...
... Few data available on drug use by offenders in most OAS countries In those countries for which we have estimates, illicit drug use is significantly higher among offenders than among the general population* ...
Just Say No to the War on Drugs
... conviction for crime; zero-tolerance policies, drug testing in the workplace, schools - what price civil rights? • on the other hand; alcohol and tobacco are legal; yet alcohol is perhaps the most destructive recreational drug of all - 50% of homicides & traffic fatalities; billions $$$ in health co ...
... conviction for crime; zero-tolerance policies, drug testing in the workplace, schools - what price civil rights? • on the other hand; alcohol and tobacco are legal; yet alcohol is perhaps the most destructive recreational drug of all - 50% of homicides & traffic fatalities; billions $$$ in health co ...
Drug Laws and the U.S. Criminal Injustice System
... Prisoners are counted for the national census as residents of the towns in which they are imprisoned, leaving their neighborhoods with diminished political power and government funding. Since population determines voting representation and the distribution of government resources, incarcerated drug ...
... Prisoners are counted for the national census as residents of the towns in which they are imprisoned, leaving their neighborhoods with diminished political power and government funding. Since population determines voting representation and the distribution of government resources, incarcerated drug ...
If you are a victim of crime
... If you are a taxpayer you will pick up part of the annual £15.4bn bill for the crime and health costs generated by people buying and using Class A drugs such as heroin and crack If you are a victim of crime there is a strong chance it will be drug-related. Estimates suggest that between a third and ...
... If you are a taxpayer you will pick up part of the annual £15.4bn bill for the crime and health costs generated by people buying and using Class A drugs such as heroin and crack If you are a victim of crime there is a strong chance it will be drug-related. Estimates suggest that between a third and ...
Drugs and Crime - MMU Understanding Criminology
... • More social • Peer subcultures can offer support for drug use; status; values supportive of drug-use • Underplays choice: many teen experimenters are strong ...
... • More social • Peer subcultures can offer support for drug use; status; values supportive of drug-use • Underplays choice: many teen experimenters are strong ...