CJ ST 484 Chapter Notes - Chapter 20: Substance Dependence, Substance Abuse, American Psychiatric Association

• School: Iowa State University
• Department: Criminal Justice Studies
• Course: CJ ST 484
• Professor: Delisi

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Gangs : the p(cid:364)edomin1nt (cid:364)e1son fo(cid:364) st(cid:364)eet g1ng 1cti(cid:404)it(cid:411) in the united st1tes is d(cid:364)ug selling 1nd d(cid:364)ug t(cid:364)1fficking. Most g1ng membe(cid:364)s h1(cid:404)e e(cid:410)t(cid:364)emel(cid:411) me1ge(cid:364) socioeconomic life ch1nces, h1(cid:404)e cogniti(cid:404)e deficits, often d(cid:364)op out of school, 1(cid:364)e ch(cid:364)onic1ll(cid:411) unemplo(cid:411)ed, 1nd usu1ll(cid:411) diseng1ge enti(cid:364)el(cid:411) f(cid:364)om the legitim1te emplo(cid:411)ment secto(cid:364). As 1 (cid:364)esult, d(cid:364)ug selling becomes the m1in sou(cid:364)ce of income 1long (cid:405)ith public 1ssist1nce/(cid:405)elf1(cid:364)e (cid:364)eceipt. G1ng 1cti(cid:404)it(cid:411) pe(cid:364)t1ining to d(cid:364)ug selling is 1 m1jo(cid:364) sou(cid:364)ce of homicide. Guns : 1 co(cid:364)oll1(cid:364)(cid:411) of g1ngs is th1t (cid:411)oung g1ng membe(cid:364)s often c1(cid:364)(cid:364)(cid:411) fi(cid:364)e1(cid:364)ms to f1cilit1te thei(cid:364) d(cid:364)ug selling beh1(cid:404)io(cid:364)s, to discou(cid:364)1ge competito(cid:364)s, to p(cid:364)otect thei(cid:364) d(cid:364)ugs 1nd mone(cid:411), 1nd fo(cid:364) self-p(cid:364)otection. I(cid:364)(cid:364)especti(cid:404)e of the moti(cid:404)1tion, this subst1nti1ll(cid:411) inc(cid:364)e1ses oppo(cid:364)tunities fo(cid:364) gun 1ss1ults 1nd homicides. Opportunity : d(cid:364)ugs 1nd 1lcohol inc(cid:364)e1se the likelihood of emotion1l, unst1ble inte(cid:364)pe(cid:364)son1l e(cid:410)ch1nges th1t c1n (cid:364)esult in homicide. 1nd d(cid:364)ugs in the home ele(cid:404)1tes the likelihood of being mu(cid:364)de(cid:364)ed in the home.