Reference no: EM133827286
Assignment:
1. Read, analyze, and evaluate information relating to complex drug related social and policy issues to perceive strengths and weaknesses in reasoning and logic.
2. Identify and describe the reasons for the disparate effects of drug related policy on diverse cross sections of society.
3. Recommend and defend appropriate courses of action in response to drug related social issues and policy problems such as: drug legalization, zero tolerance, the prosecution of pregnant mothers for pre-natal drug exposure of fetuses, and mandatory maximum sentencing.
4. Access library data systems to locate and retrieve information pertaining to criminal justice drug related issues, policies, and problems.
5. Express mastery of the above listed objectives through improvement in writing ability.
6. Explain the influence of social, cultural, ethnic, and racial diversity on the nature, perception and societal reaction to drug usage and drug trafficking with particular emphasis on the criminalization of drug use.
Reference page, with at least 4 scholastic references (one of the references can be the textbook).
The grading criteria are annexed to the syllabus. Scholastic references are from scholastic and peer-reviewed publications. Online publications must be reputable, meaning that they follow journalists' ethical code, have fact-checkers and an editorial board. Wikipedia or only newspaper references are not acceptable.
You can select any topic that really interests you from the issues addressed in class or in the textbook, be it the nature of the drug problem in any of its facets (individual, families, communities, society), the criminalization of drugs and consequences to the criminal justice system, the precursors of drug addiction, history of each type of drug, criminalization vs. public health problem, and similar, different experiences of other countries, possible ways of dealing with the drug trade, including what we have been doing for the last decades, or theories explaining addiction.