CRIM 1650 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Institute For Operations Research And The Management Sciences, Black Market, Symbolic Racism

• School: York University
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRIM 1650
• Professor: James Williams

Document Summary

Morality and crime ii & iv war on drugs & organization of crime. I politics and criminal justice policy: the war on drugs . There is no objective harm to drugs: ronald regan, neo-conservatism, and the contemporary war on drugs . Large number of people experimenting with drugs (white class background) Peoples attitude towards drugs were very high. Carter adopted a less punitive and more treatment based drug use. Ronald regan set the course for the system we have today; in a massive financial crisis which states that there is a huge expensive regarding drugs and incarceration. The mid 1980s; the use of cocaine and crack exceeded. The individualization of social problems so politicians played a huge role in this through incarceration and welfare methods. The use of drugs brought issues such as poverty, or other illnesses. There are massive investments in criminal justice agencies that contribute to the war on.