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This report can be described as an overview of the ecstasy and methamphetamine epidemics. It tries to discover the distinctions between the 2 drug epidemics and examine the potential factors why the ecstasy epidemic was relatively constrained while methamphetamine use is still
Previous research has suggested that racial disparity originates from judicial decisions at sentencing; however I argue that racial disparity may originate at the pretrial stage. First, research has consistently demonstrated a potential discriminatory link between race/ethnicity and incarceration.
There is much disagreement among clinicians, politicians, the general public, and researchers about how best to manage sex offenders. Many states have taken punitive approaches, enacting sex-offender registration and civil… Contents Chapter 1: Introduction Criminal Justice System Responses to Sex Offenders Study
The present study examined the stability of self-control and the relationship of parenting and self-control based on Gottfredson and Hirschi’s general theory of crime. By using a four-wave longitudinal data coming from the D.C Family Strengthening Project, this paper adopts the appropriate
Do gender differences exist in determining the effects of after-school programs as a crime prevention device? Using data from the 1999-2000 year of the Maryland After-School Community Grant Program, this study tests for an interaction between gender and participation in after-school programs
There has been a longstanding debate over the effectiveness of correctional institutions. Some argue that incarceration deters offenders while others argue that the experience of being incarcerated causes individuals to continue in their life… Contents CHAPTER I. REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE Posttest-Only
This investigation examined the interaction between religion, race and urbanicity and their influence on delinquency. A sample of youth respondents ages 13-17 was drawn from ICPSR archival National Youth Survey data (Wave III) to examine the effect of these three independent variables
The crime drop of the 1990s has been the subject of a large body of research, which has suggested juvenile crime was the major source of this decline. However, a satisfactory explanation for the crime drop remains elusive. While most of the
This work integrates three bodies of literature, namely that on corporate crime, environmental performance, and corporate citizenship. Traditionally, corporate crime researchers have failed to (1) measure environmental crime with self-reports and (2) integrate… Contents CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION Bad Corporate Actors Extreme Volunteerism
Title: School Dropout and Subsequent Offending: Distinguishing Selection From Causation Past research on the relationship between school dropout and offending is inconclusive. In explaining findings, researchers have focused on strain and control theories, and have been unable to rule out selection effects…