Politics and crime as well as media and crime, have direct effects on how crime is dealt with and how much of it is really reported to the public. In Ted Chiricos's article, "The Media, Moral Panic and the Politics of Crime Control," the issues of media, politics and the ...

The International Association of Addictions and Offender Counselors (IAAOC) best cultivates the growing and evolving professional identity of counselors in a variety of ways. This organization originally began as Public Offender Counselor Association in 1972, and only included addiction counseling i...

The rate of crime in the world is 0.82% higher than last year. Many factors contribute to crime. If these factors didn't exist, crime would disappear in the world. Drugs and alcohol are abundant in our society; the law doesn't impose enough restrictions or enforce the rules. Also parental ...

Legalizing Illegal Drugs This factual essay explains the benefits of legalizing illegal drugs that grow from the ground. It is important to understand that our issue does not deal with legalizing man-made drugs such as acid or ecstasy, but drugs that grow from the ground such as heroine, mari...

Fewer Coloradans have signed up for the state's medical-marijuana program than expected but officials say the pace may increase in coming months. Ninety-nine Coloradans are legally smoking marijuana with their doctor's approval under the state's 7-month-old Medical Marijuana Registry program. The f...

Cocaine has a very fascinating history which dates back to the 16th century when a Catholic artist Don Diego De Robles declared that "coca is a plant that the devil invented for the total destruction of the natives." It did not begin on the streets of South Florida upon the safe arrival of...

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