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Traditional methods of curbing crimes like enforcement and suppression are not sufficient in controlling the existing and emerging criminal activities.... They do not prevent crimes but deal with their aftermaths.... Involvement in drugs is a chief factor in all kinds of crimes.... In violent crimes, 77.... % involved drugs; in property crimes, 83.... According to the 2004 US Bureau of Justice Statistics, 17% of offenders committed crimes to get money for drugs....
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There has been awareness to prevent drug and violence like the D.... Problem Solving through Law Enforcement Initiative Community policing entails the reaction to crimes through arresting and incarcerating the criminals.... Also, residents are allowed to reinvigorate their community in curbing crimes (Limbs, 2009).... To enhance efficiency, the Neighborhood Watch Program should follow clearly established guidelines to enhance the effectiveness in prevention of crimes....
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Crime Prevention Strategy Name: Sean O'Grady Professor: Professor Johnston Class: CRJ201 Date: November 30th, 2013 Table of Contents I.... Introduction 3 II.... Discussion 4 A.... The Crime Problem, Qualitative and Quantitative Measures 4 B.... Analyzing the Criminogenic Conditions with the Use of Environmental Theories 6 C....
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The aim of the UK government was to create a panoptic fear in the minds of the drug-dealers as well as of the drug abuser.... At the same time, the major trend of the UK Government's actions against drug abuse was to, a great extent, purgatory.... The centers for the drug-victims were found to be flooded with an overwhelming number of abusers and, every year, the hard-earned money of the tax-payers was being flooded out of the Government treasury....
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The paper describes the connection between drugs markets, drug trafficking and violent crime is well entrenched.... It is equally hurtful to the community as well as to the market players themselves, affecting them through drug use and littering among a host of other evils to the common man and the society.... Out of various strategies for controlling drug sale on the streets, action by the police should be well planned.... drug policing approach should be transparent for stakeholders to view clearly....
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Research Paper
The paper "The Effectiveness of System in Preventing Drug-Related crimes in Tel Aviv" examines how effective geographic information system (GIS) is in preventing drug-related crimes.... This data would be crucial to identifying environmental and social determinants of drug-related crimes.... This development has also been strengthened by other major developments like the increasing number of studies showing a connection between the environment and crimes and the transition in policing standards to more problem- or community-oriented model (GIS World, 1996)....
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Research Proposal
Globally, drug and substance abuse started thousands of years ago with marijuana, alcohol, heroin, cocaine, and tobacco being the commonly used substances.... People of all ages ranging from children to adolescents to adults find themselves entangled in this dangerous web of drug and substance abuse.... The paper "Special Issues Relating to drug Use by Children" argues drug abuse is rampant among Australian youth due to peer pressure, child abuse, and the availability of illegal substances....
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Adolescents are vulnerable to many social evils such as crime, drug and substance abuse, risky sexual activity as well as violence.... However, drug and substance abuse is very rampant among adolescents with alcohol and tobacco being the most used substances due to their legality.... In this context, drug and substance abuse refer to the use of drugs both licit and illicit to alter the feelings, thoughts, and behaviors of an individual.... This essay "Alcohol and drug use Among Australian Adolescents" presents adolescence as a very sensitive stage as children are being transformed into adulthood....
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