Problem definition and the Failures of U.S. Drug Policy

Economics & finance   |   Criminal law   |   Term papers   |   05/22/2009   |   .doc   |   10 pages
Document abstract : «The "war on drugs" in the United States has not been successful because drug policy has focused on defining the problem of drugs as a criminal justice concern and not as a public health issue. By defining the drug problem in this way, focus has...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. The reasons for which budget allocates more money to demand reduction programs . The cocaine epidemic. President Bush's drug policy . The prohibitive framework . The public health framework . The war on drugs. National Drug Control...»

Drug related offenses

Law & contracts   |   Criminal law   |   Term papers   |   05/08/2009   |   .doc   |   14 pages
Document abstract : «In modern societies it is easy to recognize that consuming drugs is an every day reality. It is not only taking heroin or marijuana, but also smoking, taking painkillers, having a coffee, a tea or excessive intake of alcohol on Saturday as a...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. The addiction and the drug related offences. Drug related offences: A worldwide plague. The state of the world: Datas . The specificity of the united kingdom. Efforts to reduce drug related crimes. A worldwide fight. United kingdom's...»

Hair and fiber evidence

Law & contracts   |   Criminal law   |   Term papers   |   04/20/2009   |   .doc   |   4 pages
Document abstract : «Most trace evidence found at a crime undergoes forensic analysis for two main purposes: identification and comparison. Often tiny strange particles are found, and testing for identification purposes establishes exactly what the material is....»

Synopsis abstract : «Hair and fiber . Analyzing hair evidence. The value of comparing hair evidence. Collecting and preserving hair evidence. Analyzing fiber evidence. Collecting and preserving fiber evidence. References....»

Violence against women

Law & contracts   |   Criminal law   |   Term papers   |   03/23/2009   |   .doc   |   5 pages
Document abstract : «Despite the fact that women are much more likely to be killed then to kill, women charged with the murder of their violent male partners are further victimized by a legal system that has been constructed, interpreted and implemented to fit men's...»

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Justice depends on the identification of the individuals with their community

Law & contracts   |   Criminal law   |   Term papers   |   01/13/2009   |   .doc   |   5 pages
Document abstract : «Seyla Benhabib in The Claims of Culture reported the case of a young Laotian American woman abducted from her work at Fresno State University and then raped. Her assailant, a Hmong/Laotian immigrant, argued that among his tribe this behaviour is the...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Value judgment.. Justice, society and religion.. Reasoning and understanding of justice.. Rawl's interpretation.. Justification of rights.. Communitarianism tension.. Community identity.. Conclusi...»

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