SOCIO-120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Marihuana Tax Act Of 1937, Motor Vehicle Theft, Fbi Index

• School: Diablo Valley College
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCIO-120
• Professor: Brown

Document Summary

One way to make comparisons between rural and urban places (secondary data) Violent crime- murder, rape, robbery, and assault. Property crime- burglary, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson. These are all street crimes- does not measure all crime, only a barometer. Robbery, burglary, and larceny are all theft related crimes. Robbery- theft by force (weapons/fists/etc. ) or threat of violence. Burglary- breaking and entering into a building, usually to steal. Official measure is just a small glimpse of trends in crimes: does not measure drug crimes but drug crimes have huge impacts on our criminal justice system, especially since the. Before 1900, laws aimed at groups rather than drug/alcohol (often racial/ethnic undertones) 1830"s- first law in the u. s. limiting alcohol sales (ma- could not sell to native. 1875- san francisco passed first drug law (u. s. ); misdemeanor to enter opium. After 1900, move towards regulation driven by two important factors. Association of drug use with minority groups.