Download - Drug czar presentation 240
CJS/240 Instructor: Tamekia Simmons
Axia College By: Debbie Dennis
NCJRS or the National Criminal Justice Reference Service has publication on juvenile justice and juvenile substance abuse.
NIDA a.k.a. the National Institute on Drug Abuse offers information on drugs abused and community guides.
OJJDP or the Office of Juvenile and Delinquency Prevention work in partnership with other professionals seeking to improve juvenile justice policies and practices.
Law Enforcement
Community Treatment
Education-Legalization
The Advantages:Build Safer NeighborhoodsSecure the Nations BordersProvide Additional Officers for Other Crimes
The Disadvantages:Higher Taxes to Pay Officers
The Advantages:Reduction in Drug DependencyReduce the Impact on the Court SystemReduction in Prison Overcrowding/Jail
The Disadvantages:Low Success RatesUpon Completion Drugs are Still Present
The Advantages:Focus on EducationControl Drug Quality
The Disadvantages:New Laws will have to be FormedDrugs are Available to a New Market
We need definite answer to why there is such an increase in juvenile drug use
We need answers to when and why there is such a spike in juvenile criminal activity
Re-establish community involvement in the well-being of our youth.It takes a whole community to educate a juvenile.
Upsurge Law Enforcement Officers in High Crime AreasStrengthen Borders, Ports, and AirlinesIncrease Federal, State, and Local Drug Units through Federal GrantsIncrease Highway Interdiction TeamsUtilize Military for Foreign Drug Interdiction
Prevention did not end alcohol misuse, nor did authorizing it, but the drugs that we are seeing today make it too treacherous to authorize. The only way to stop the addiction in the United States is to stop it from getting here and that is what I will do as your Drug Czar
Cole, G and Smith, C. (2008). Criminal Justice in America. Belmont, CA: Thompson Wadsworth.
http://www.icjia.state.il/public/index posted Monday, April 20, 2009 11:27 AM
Siegel, L. (2005). Juvenile Delinquency: the core. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing.