hardly open a newspaper without seeing on article on drug abuse among teenagers. Sadly as it is‚ this kind of social evil has driven more and more youngsters to nowhere but cruelty and crime. The first and foremost step towards any possible solution‚ I feel‚ is to point out the causes that lead to this problem. Some of them can be low-esteem‚ lack of parents’ attention and influence from bad friends. To begin with‚ teens often begin using drugs because of low-esteem. This is party a psychological
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today’s society‚ divorce is more the norm than ever before although nobody marries with expectation of failure. Married couples never contemplate that the person they once loved could later seem to be a stranger and perhaps even an enemy. The last decades have shown a rise in the rate of divorce. The United States has the highest divorce rate in the western world. Divorce rates among marriages have rose from 479 in 1965 to 1‚187 in 1993. What has caused such an increase in divorce among marriages
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A drug can be said to be any substance use in medicine. It can also be said to be any substance taken by some people to get certain effect‚ such as happiness and excitement. Driving from these definitions above‚ drugs can be classified into two categories; 1] the soft Drug e.g. antibiotics and analgesics. 2] The hard drugs e.g. cocaine‚ marijuana heroin e.t.c. Consequently‚ a drug addict is said to be someone whose life has become dependent on drugs‚ hence drug abuse. Cause of drug abuse among youth;
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Cause of increasing crime rate in Cambodia: -Poverty: because most of the poor don’t have enough money to get education and food‚ so they will do whatever for getting food without thinking well like rob or steal someone. -Imbalance between rich and poor: As we can see in our social‚ there are a lot of poor people and the gap between rich and poor is very far. The rich have many cars in their house but the poor don’t have any cars even food to eat. Thus they will think it is not fair and try to
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Although many of us studying behavior want to accept the hypothesis; taking vitamins causes crime‚ there are many possible factors we need to consider before confirming the hypothesis to be true. By avoiding the “correlation versus causation fallacy‚” illustrated in the textbook‚ the newspaper article lacks sufficient evidence to conclude vitamins as a cause to the increase in crime reports. By conducting an experimental design‚ researchers can test if there’s any correlation between the two variables
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In the United State guns and crimes seem to go hand in hand with one another. Gun control and crimes are one of many topics an argument debated in the US. There have been several shooting events in school campuses‚ communities and horrify terrorism shootings that affect the whole of the US. For instance‚ on April in San Bernardino‚ California a gunman entered North Park elementary school opened fire and fatally shot two individuals. The gunman shot and killed his estranged wife‚ who was a teacher
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Alcatraz Why did the prohibition cause a crime wave? Will I be going to tell you? Ok‚ so the prohibition caused a crime wave because I think people did not know what to do when they could not have any liquor. When the prohibition was on they tried to make their own liquor and got caught and had to go to jail. Then the crime led to super gangsters because of the new law that you’re not allowed to sell‚or drink alcohol. That also led to super gangsters not being able to be held in regular prisons because
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I believe that globalization and the ability to do business worldwide almost instantaneously benefits me as an individual. However the larger picture is not quite such a pretty picture. Personally‚ I benefit by being able to purchase goods online that are often not available to Canadians in retail locations. I shop on sites such as Ebay and Amazon regularly. I have purchased textbooks for my classes from American and sometimes worldwide sellers. While I may benefit buy lower prices and being able
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The argument states that people are more worried about drug abuse and therefore the police have increased its efforts on preventing drugs from entering the country. Due to this increase‚ drug trafickers prefer to illegaly transport cocaine which does not have the disadvantages of other drugs. Therefore increased law enforcement lead to an increase in cocaine abuse. At first glance‚ the argument may seem somewhat convincing‚ though further examination reveals examples of lack of evidence‚ ill-founded
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CRIMINOLOGYDoes drug use cause crime‚ does crime cause drug use or is the relationship entirely co-incidental?INTRODUCTIONIn this paper I will look at the amount and type of crime caused by drugs‚ the relationship between drugs and crime and the relationship between alcohol and crime. Crime is defined as:An act committed in violation of a law forbidding or commanding it and for which punishment is imposed upon convictionUnlawful activityA serious offence‚ especially in violation of moralityCauses
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