Exam 15: Drugs and Crime

Drug courts are a special state,county,or municipal court that offers first-time substance-abuse offenders judicially mandated and court supervised treatment alternatives to prison.They are innovative and are modeled after the:

The most common illicit drug in use today is:

The most widely used drug by offenders,prior to committing a crime,is:

The DARE program has been shown,through the commission of several studies,to be one of the most effective tools available to stop or reduce drug usage.

A computer worm is also called:

Asset forfeiture is a tactic used by law enforcement to combat crime and drug organizations. Define Asset forfeiture and explain how it works.What was the first statute enacted to support asset forfeiture.What level of proof is needed to seize assets from suspected criminals?

The intentional or threatened use of viruses,bacteria,fungi,or toxins from living organisms to produce death or disease in humans,animals,or plants is known as __________________.

________ terrorism is the unlawful use of force or violence by a group or an individual who is based entirely within the United States and its territories without foreign direction and whose acts are directed at elements of the U.S.government or population.

______________ is a responsive strategy to the drug usage problem that substantially reduces penalties associated with drug use but may not eliminate them entirely.

Schedule V controlled substances are prescription drugs with a low potential for abuse.

In 2005,the International Criminal Court's first official action was an investigation of:

What is criminalistics? Explain three of the traditional methods used to gather evidence in the fight against crime before the new technologies were introduced.Which of these is the most useful for law enforcement? Discuss three new technologies in Criminalistics.

Match the Criminalistic definition in the numbered column with the term in the lettered column. -The study of insects to determine such matters as a person's time of death.

Known on the street as speed,or ice,________________ is a stimulant drug with strong effects on the central nervous system.

The National Narcotics Intelligence Consumers Committee data indicate that Marijuana has become the country's most dangerous commonly used drug.

The UN Code of Conduct for Law Enforcement Officials specifically targets Muslims and their rights.

________________ is a relatively new form of high-technology fraud that uses official-looking e-mail messages to elicit responses from victims,directing them to phony websites.

_______________ is the internationalization of trade,services,investment,information,and other forms of human social activity.

_______________ is the illicit drug use that results in social,economic,psychological,or legal problems for the user.

________________ are synthetic psychoactive substances often found at "raves," and dance parties.They include MDMA (Ecstasy),ketamine,and methamphetamines.