CJUST 365 - Drugs and Crime

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An examination of the linkages between drugs (licit and illicit) and crime. Topics include history of drug use in the U.S. and abroad, drug smuggling and dealing, competing hypotheses regarding the connections between drugs and street crime, and the debate over decriminalization and legalization. Special attention is given to how social research findings contradict media presentations. (As needed)