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| CRIM 240 - Drugs, Social Control, and the Law |
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A critical review of legal efforts to control the trafficking and consumption of drugs. Topics include societal definitions of drugs, socioeconomic conditions that encourage their use and the legal environment of their regulation. Emphasis is on the social and political forces that shape the passage of legislation aimed to limit access to certain drugs — from the Prohibition Movement to the War on Drugs — and the lessons from drug regulation campaigns. The evolution of the societal concept of addiction is examined, from its origins in the religious notion of sin to its more recent framing as a disease.
1.000 Credit hours 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Non-Matriculated, Undergraduate Schedule Types: Directed Study, Lecture Sociology & Criminology Department Course Attributes: Undergraduate Level Course, Lrng Objective 04, Dv1_DomainGenEd-Domain III-B, CrimDimensns:Law/Legal System, Lrng Objective 06 |
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