1. List the major types of psychoactive drugs and their characteristics
Depressants (opium, heroin, morphine, codeine, barbituates, tranquilizers, and alcohol): decrease functioning of CNS- reduce stress, anxiety and tension; some produce sense of well being or euphoria
Stimulants (nicotine, caffeine, cocaine, crack, amphetam
2. Write a definition of drug abuse
The excessive or compulsive use of a drug to the degree that it is harmful to the users health or social functioning or to the extent that it can result in harmful consequences to others
3. Briefly describe the relationship between drug use and crime
Strong relationship between illicit drug use and crime in the US
4. Briefly examine the relationship between drugs and predatory crime
Strong relationship between drugs and predatory crimes (crimes committed for material gain
5. Briefly describe the physiological and psychological explanations of drug use and addiction
Physiological theories of addiction and alcoholism focus on the assumption that addiction results from some biological or physical characteristic of the person e.g genetic theory, hereditary flaw that necessitates an exceptionally high need for a number o
6. Briefly describe the sociological explanation of addiction
Sociological theories stress the importance of group factors and the influence of a persons social environment and social situations.
Differential association reinforcement theory: people are introduced and encouraged in drug and alcohol use by friends or
7. Briefly examine how our society has responded to the drug problem
The Harrison Narcotics Tax Act (1914): limited possession of opiates to particular registered parties and assigned law enforcement responsibility to the narcotics division of the treasury department
Stresses a punitive and legally suppressive approach
8. Describe the crime of prostitution
Performing an act of sexual intercourse for hire, or offering or agreeing to perform an act of sexual intercourse or any unlawful sexual act for hire
9. Briefly describe the issues surrounding pornography and the internet
Issue about first amendment protection. Obscenity not protected.
1. The acceptability of certain drugs in our society is related to
A. The length of time the drug has been used in our society
B. How the drug is obtained and who takes the drug
C. The reason the drug is used
D. All of the above
D. All of the above
2. Psychoactive drugs
A. Do not affect the CNS
B. Influence ones behaviour, perception and emotions
C. Are also known as "dangerous drugs"
D. None of the above
B. Influence ones behaviour, perception and emotions
3. Stimulants include
A. Heroin
B. Morphine
C. Crack cocaine
D. All of the above
C. Crack cocaine
4. The excessive or compulsive use of a drug to the degree that ones health or ability to function socially is harmed or that harm can occur to others is termed
A. Illegal drug use
B. Drug abuse
C. Drug dependence
D. Withdrawal
B. Drug abuse
5. Which of the following statements is NOT true
A. There appears to be no simple relationship between high rates of drug use and high rates of crime
B. Among predatory offenders, the high frequency drug users are also likely to be high rate predators
C.
C. In drug trafficking violence is rarely used to gain competitive advantage
6. Large amounts of illegal drugs made from agricultural crops are smuggled into the US from
A. Central and South America
B. Southeast and southwest Asia
C. Asia and the Middle East
D. All of the above
D. All of the above
7. According to Erich Goode, the "chemicalistic fallacy" refers to the notion that
A. The effect of a drug on a persons behaviour is solely a function of the biochemical properties of the drug
B. "Once an addict, always an addict"
C. Habituation is the sa
A. The effect of a drug on a persons behaviour is solely a function of the biochemical properties of the drug
8. The criminalisation of addiction and the punitive handling of drug offenders have resulted in
A. The creation of an addict subculture
B. the growth of an extensive and illegal drug market
C. An upsurge in crime on the part of addicts
D. All of the abov
D. All of the above
9. Which of the following terms is not related to prostitution
A. Call girl
B. Brothel
C. Street Walker
D. Stomper
D. Stomper
10. Which of the following US Supreme Court decisions stated that obscenity falls outside the constitution's protection
A. Miller v California
B. Pope v Illinois
C. New York v Ferber
D. Woe v Wade
A. Miller v California
1. T or F: most Americans do not use drugs
F
2. T or F: some research suggests that an increasing share of violent crime is attributed to alcohol drinking offenders
T
3. T or F: There is quite a strong relationship between high frequency drug use and high frequency criminality
T
4. T or F: alcohol is the most widely used and abused drug in the US
T
5. T or F: the illegal use of amphetamines is a major crime problem in the US
T
6. T or F: ecstasy causes injury to the brain
T
7. T or F: statistics show a dramatic increase in US seizures of MDMA tablets
T
8. T or F: psychologists are in strong agreement as to the specific psychological traits that comprise the "addict personality
F
9. T or F: the criminalisation of addiction and the punitive handling of drug offenders have led to the growth of drug use and related crime problems
T
10. T or F: in the US there exists a strong link between violence and pornography
F
1. _____________ are a category of drugs that decrease or depress the functioning of the CNS
Depressants
2. An individual will experience ___________ if he or she ceases to use a drug for which a physical dependence has developed
Withdrawal
3. The _____________ Narcotics Tax Act of 1914 regulated the sale and use of opiate substances
Harrison
4. In general sociological theories view drug use and addiction as products of ___________
Social learning
5. __________ used a learning perspective in his known analysis "becoming a marijuana user
Becker
6. ___________ theories view drug use and drug addiction as an outgrowth or product of a drug subculture
Subcultural
7. According to Chaiken and Chaiken, no single sequential or causal relationship is now believed to relate drug use to _____________ crime
Predatory
8. Brothel prostitutes work under the supervision of a ___________ who owns or manages the operation
Madam
9. According to the ____________, a work is considered obscene if a reasonable individual applying objective, nationally developed standards would consider the material in question lacking in any social value
Reasonableness doctrine
1. Linder case
Upheld a medical approach to addiction
2. Harrison Narcotics Tax Act
Regulated the sale and use of opiate substances
3. Stimulants
Increase the functioning of the CNS
4. Barbiturates
Depressant drugs
5. Cocaine
Stimulant processed from coca leaves
6. Marijuana
Drug that impairs memory
7. Alcohol
Most abused drug in the US
8. Addiction
Physical dependence
9. Prostitute
Massage parlour
10. Obscenity
Communications Decency Act