Chapter #4: Drugs & Crime
This drug or substance has consistently demonstrated a link to violence among users.
Alcohol!
This release is often known as a conditional release.
Parole
True or false***
Members of the military can arrest citizens for drug crimes.
False!
This illegitimate saint is Mexico's version of Robin Hood.
Jesus Malverde
1 in ___ prisoners are incarcerated for drug offenses.
......
Which drug was linked to economically compulsive crimes, namely robberies, in Miami?
Cocaine
During this stage of criminal justice involvement, the defendant must enter a plea.
Adjudication
This dog was used as a mule to traffic cocaine into the United States.
What was his name?
Cokie! :)
This legitimate saint is the patron saint of difficult and hopeless causes.
Saint Jude
This type of policing is utilized when there is a high concentration of crime in one geographical location.
Hot spot policing
Under this model of crime and drug use, drug users are predicted to have a common set of adverse conditions, such as poverty and mental health disorders.
The Enslavement Model
In most cases, who is responsible for determining the sentence in a capital case?
The jury
This federal agency has the authority to patrol the transit zone, which consists of 6 million square miles.
The U.S. Coast Guard
What is a hypocoristic name? Provide 2 common hypocoristic names for people of Mexican descent.
Nick names!
What are some common ones?
_____ for Ignacio
_____ for Jose
_____for Enrique
_____ for Teresa
_____ for Guillermina
_____ for Margarita
A type of money laundering that requires numerous individuals to deposit random amounts of less than $10,000.
Smurfing!
Under drug-related crimes, Goldstein proposed a framework to explain the connection between drugs and their association with violent behaviors. List and describe the three types of violence in his typology.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!
1. Psychopharmacological Violence
2. Economically Compulsive Violence
3. Systemic Violence
What are the federal penalties for simple possession of controlled substances (for ANY of the five schedules)? List both the penalty for the 1st and 2nd time offenders.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!
First time offender: Maximum punishment of 1 year in jail, $_____ to _____
Second time offender: Maximum punishment of 2 years in prison, $____ maximum.
In class, students participated in skits and explanations of undercover operations utilized by law enforcement to detect street-level drug crime. Describe ONE of these tactics in detail.
Students can choose from the following operations:
Define the term "amulet" and list 2 common forms of amulets.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!
You know this!
In any case of undercover operations, police must ensure they are avoiding entrapment. First, describe entrapment and then discuss ONE of the three cases we covered in class and what it established for rules surrounding entrapment.
Entrapment: Define it in your own words
Three case options:
Sorrells v. United States
Sherman v. United States
Jacobson v. United States
When looking at the relationship between drugs and crimes, there are numerous ways in which we can investigate this correlation. For example, there are drug-defined crimes, drug-related crimes, and the drug-using lifestyle. Explain TWO of these proposed relationships in detail.
Explain :)
Explain Truth-In-Sentencing!
Who implemented this policy?
What does it require?
Law enforcement often curtails drug crime in a myriad of ways, including drug interdiction. Pick one federal agency or military group and discuss how they intercept the trafficking of drugs into the United States.
:)
Describe 4 religious indicators commonly found in possession of drug traffickers.
Hmm..
Both the Philippines and Portugal responded to drug crimes in an extreme manner. Explain both models and indicate which, if any, have been effective at reducing drug crime and associated harms.
Hmm.