SOC 305 Week 2 DQ 2 The War on Drugs Recent

The War on Drugs. After reading this week’s required text, please respond to the following:
a. In your opinion, what have been among the main outcomes of the War on Drugs?

b. How close has it come to its original goals of reducing drug use and punishing drug suppliers?
c. How has this “war” impacted African-American males?
d. How has this “war” impacted immigration policy?
e. How will this “war” end?

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Moral Panic. After viewing the video, Gender & Crime, please address each of the following questions:

a. Is crime normal in a society?

b. What is the purpose of crime and punishment?

c. How much crime is “enough,” and how would this be measured?

d. How is crime defined?

e. What problems are defined as worthy of social control?

f. What is the influence of the media?

Race and Death Row. This discussion focuses on topics addressed in several chapters of your text – the death penalty and discrimination. Although first discussed in Chapter 2, the death penalty is also discussed in Chapter 4. Rather than thinking in rigid terms about reading assignments, please use your textbook as a resource. After reading the text and watching the video, Injustice for Blacks in Alabama, respond to each of the following questions:

a. What do you think best explains high incarceration rates for Blacks compared to their percent of the general population?

b. What do you think explains high incarceration rates for Blacks on death row?

c. Is institutionalized racism to blame for these disparate rates? Please explain.

d. Are genuinely high rates of Black crime to blame? Why or why not?

e. What other factors explain the high incarceration rates for Black men?

f. How can this problem be solved?