... "profile" of a drug dealer or a gang member. The prevailing perception in American society today is that most drug traffickers and gang members are minorities, mostly blacks. However, a quick check into the demographics that make up these two groups of people will prove this to be very untrue. Racial ... profiling is based on the premise that minorities commit most drug offenses. Because of this over riding thought, police search for illegal substances primarily among black Americans, finding an uneven number actually in ... dealers among this group of people to go free. This adds to th...

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... penitentiary, which emphasized having sinners engage in hard labor and reflect upon the errors of their ways. Before this method, criminal behavior did not include institutions. Jails that did exist, were only for short-term detaining, and were primarily for those defendants who were awaiting a trial or debtors ... increase came mainly from the minority population. Many have questioned if this was the result of discrimination; or if it is the fact that minorities tend to be more socioeconomically disadvantaged, occupy poor urban areas, and are more likely to struggle to survive with al...

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... abuse. As Duke states, illegal-drug use has been reduced dramatically in the past few years among white middle and upper classes-but hardly or not at all among ethnic minorities, who largely inhabit out inner cities. Many of those users see nothing but a bleak future before them (121). Having little to lose by drug abuse, they feel no regrets about ... using cocaine, they typically fall into a severe depression, which only another dose of cocaine can bring them out of. This becomes a constant chronic cycle. The physiological consequences of cocaine use include increased temperature, hea...

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... abuse. As Duke states, illegal-drug use has been reduced dramatically in the past few years among white middle and upper classes-but hardly or not at all among ethnic minorities, who largely inhabit out inner cities. Many of those users see nothing but a bleak future before them (121). Having little to lose by drug abuse, they feel no regrets about ... using cocaine, they typically fall into a severe depression, which only another dose of cocaine can bring them out of. This becomes a constant chronic cycle. The physiological consequences of cocaine use include increased temperature, hea...

• Word Count: 4794
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate