TY - JOUR AU - Goode, Erich PY - 2010/04/26 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - DRUGS & CRIME JF - TRAILS: Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology JA - TRAILS VL - IS - SE - DO - UR - https://trails.asanet.org/article/view/drugs-crime SP - AB - This course is designed to introduce the student to the subject of the relationship between the use of drugs--mind-altering (or “psychoactive”) substances--and crime. This includes two major topics: ONE, how the use of psychoactive substances influences criminal behavior, that is, the topic of “drugs AND crime”; and TWO, how the criminal justice system defines and deals with the possession and sale of mind-altering substances, that is, the topic of “drugs AS crime.” “Defines” refers to drug legislation; “deals with” refers to law enforcement--the arrest and incarceration of drug offenders. ER -