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War On Drugs

Pages: 13 (4034 words) Sources: 13 Document Type:Essay Document #:73696424

War on Drugs Futile Failing and Nefariously Linked to the War on Terror
Effectiveness of the War on Drugs
Outline
I. Introduction
A. history of drugs, cross-cultural perspective
1. Opium wars
2. Since Nixon, the modern “war on drugs”
3. history of drug use in different societies
B. history of government intervention in the private lives of individuals via drug policy.
C. Effects of the war on drugs
1. Is it effective? … criminal issue.
Introduction
People like drugs. Drugs derived from plants, from coca and tobacco to ibogaine and opium, have been popular throughout the world, as has fermented and distilled alcoholic beverages. Altering human brain and body, drugs have a wide range of effects including pain relief, stimulation, … enabled the rise of a powerful military-industrial complex, and is intimately entwined with non-state actors including terrorist organizations and other organized crime syndicates world. Perpetuating the War on Drugs……

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ACLU (2020). Against drug prohibition. Retrieved from:  https://www.aclu.org/other/against-drug-prohibition 

“America is At War,” (n.d.). Retrieved from:  https://web.stanford.edu/class/e297c/poverty_prejudice/paradox/htele.html 

Bambauer, J. Y. (2012). How the war on drugs distorts privacy law. Stanford Law Review 62(2012). Retrieved from:  https://www.stanfordlawreview.org/online/how-the-war-on-drugs-distorts-privacy-law/ 

Benson, B.L., Kim., I., Rasmussen, D.W., et al. (1992, 2006). Is property crime caused by drug use or by drug enforcement policy? Applied Economics 24(7): 679-692.

Best, D., Irving, J. & Albertson, K. (2016). Recovery and desistance: what the emerging recovery movement in the alcohol and drug area can learn from models of desistance from offending. Addiction Research & Theory 25(1): 1-10.

Coomber, R., Moyle, L., Belackova, V., et al. (2018). The burgeoning recognition and accommodation of the social supply of drugs in international criminal justice systems: An eleven-nation comparative overview. International Journal of Drug Policy 58(2018): 98-103.

Coyne, C.J. & Hall, A. R. (2017). Four decades and counting. CATO Institute. Retrieved from:  https://www.cato.org/publications/policy-analysis/four-decades-counting-continued-failure-war-drugs 

Farabee, D., Prendergast, M. & Anglin, M.D. (1998). The effectiveness of coerced treatment for drug-abusing offenders. 62 Fed. Probation 3 (1998).

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The Origins Of Psychopathology

Pages: 5 (1553 words) Sources: 3 Document Type:Essay Document #:52418871

Introduction
Psychopathology has been viewed differently throughout history and throughout various cultures. The ancient Chinese, Greeks and Romans viewed it psychopathology as a spiritual issue, and they all had their own ……

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Kyziridis, T. (2005). Notes on the history of schizophrenia. German Journal of Psychiatry 8, 42-8.

McGuire, P.K. et al. (1995). Abnormal monitoring of inner speech: a physiological basis for auditory hallucinations. The Lancet 346, p. 596-600.

Nimgaonkar,V. (2006). Causes of schizophrenia. PA: University of Pitt.

Smith, D. (2007). Muses, Madmen, and Prophets: Hearing Voices and the Borders of Sanity. NY: Penguin Books.

Watson, J. C. (2011). Treatment failure in humanistic and experiential psychotherapy. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 67(11), 1117-1128. doi:10.1002/jclp.20849

Wedge, M. (2011). Six problems with psychiatric diagnosis for children. Retrieved from  https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/suffer-the-children/201105/six-problems-psychiatric-diagnosis-children 

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Intelligence Oversight Ethics

Pages: 11 (3311 words) Sources: 15 Document Type:Research Paper Document #:23829007



This literature review first looks at the history if intelligence oversight (IO) and then explains the current problem it faces in terms of ethics and the arrival of the Digital Age, … how this further complicates the issue of IO. Finally, it discusses research on the fundamentals of ethics and gives recommendations for future research.
history of IO
The history of IO begins with the purpose for which it was established, which was to safeguard the privacy and rights of U.S. persons while … the NSA with the collaboration of ITC giants such as Apple, Google, Facebook and Microsoft” (Cantarella 2016, 21). It was a brave new world in which all digital information was up for grabs and no one’s rights had been defined in the digital frontier. Even today it … different intelligence agency. There are many points among the three ethical perspectives that must be considered in order……

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Bailey, Christopher and Susan M. Galich. “Codes of Ethics: The Intelligence Community.” International Journal of Intelligence Ethics 35.2 (2012), 77-99.

Brown, William F., and Americo R. Cinquegrana. \\\\\\\\\\\\"Warrantless Physical Searches for Foreign Intelligence Purposes: Executive Order 12,333 and the Fourth Amendment.\\\\\\\\\\\\" Cath. UL Rev. 35 (1985): 97.

Cantarella, Michele. \\\\\\\\\\\\"Intelligence ethics in the digital age.\\\\\\\\\\\\" (2016).

Congressional Research Service, “CIA Ethics Education: Background and Perspectives” (2018).

Ferrari, Rachel. \\\\\\\\\\\\"Moral Relativism and Dangerous Ethical Dilemmas in the US Intelligence Community.\\\\\\\\\\\\" (2018).

Ford, Christopher M. \\\\\\\\\\\\"Intelligence Demands in a Democratic State: Congressional Intelligence Oversight.\\\\\\\\\\\\" Tul. L. Rev. 81 (2006): 721.

Goldman, Jan. \\\\\\\\\\\\"Teaching About Intelligjence and Ethics.\\\\\\\\\\\\" Journal of US Intelligence Studies 20, no. 2 (2013): 79.

Hayes, Jonathan. \\\\\\\\\\\\"The Cinema of Oliver Stone: Art, Authorship and Activism by Ian

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Influence Of Vicarious Trauma And Or Post Traumatic Stress Upon K 12

Pages: 3 (790 words) Sources: 3 Document Type:Research Paper Document #:35869916

Vicarious trauma (VT) includes the harmful changes in the views of professionals, such as K-12 educators, of themselves, the world, and others, due to exposure to traumatic material or graphic of their clients or students. Post-traumatic stress (PTS) is a set of psychological … from hearing traumatic stories, seeing distress at high levels post a traumatic event, retelling a victim’s story, and/or viewing trauma-related images. Personal trauma history, supervision experiences evidence, and perceived coping style evidence are predictors for vicarious trauma. Personal trauma history and exposure to trauma material with reasonable evidence are precursors for PTS. K-12 educators’ stressors can force then to eventually leave the professions. ……

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Alschuler, Alfred S. Teacher Burnout. , 1980. Print.

Lipsky, Laura D, and Connie Burk. Trauma Stewardship: An Everyday Guide to Caring for Self While Caring for Others. , 2009. Internet resource.

Saigh, Philip A, and J D. Bremner. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Comprehensive Text. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1999. Print.

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Carrie Chapman And The Women S Movement

Pages: 8 (2257 words) Sources: 6 Document Type:Term Paper Document #:61754681

… rights, and so on.
In the late 19th and early 20th century such steps would have been unfathomable. It was an entirely different world in those days and it took two world Wars to change it. The First world War helped to light a fire for Progressivism, which is why the 1920s saw so much social and political change in America. The … helped to light a fire for Progressivism, which is why the 1920s saw so much social and political change in America. The Second world War helped to set the stage for the Women’s Movement shifting into a higher gear. The American Civil War in the 19th century … with what was happening on that front so they began to lash out against men and call for the total rejection of Old world values and attitudes the way Elizabeth Stanton and some others did.
However, women like……

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Blackwell, E. (1850). Elizabeth Blackwell on the 1850 Women\\\\\\'s Rights Convention. Retrieved from  http://www.wwhp.org/Resources/WomansRights/blackwell_comments.html 

Griffith, E. (1984). In Her Own Right: The Life of Elizabeth Cady Stanton. New York: Oxford University Press.

History. (2019). Women’s suffrage. Retrieved from  https://www.history.com/topics/womens-history/the-fight-for-womens-suffrage 

Lawson, E. N. (2013). Smugglers, Bootleggers, and Scofflaws: Prohibition and New York City. SUNY Press.

Siegel, R. B. (1994). Home as Work: The First Woman\\\\\\'s Rights Claims Concerning

Wives\\\\\\' Household Labor, 1850-1880. The Yale Law Journal, 103(5), 1073-1217.

Van Voris, J. (1996). Carrie Chapman Catt: A Public Life. New York City: Feminist Press at CUNY.

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Criminal Profiling Of Serial Killers

Pages: 12 (3545 words) Sources: 10 Document Type:Essay Document #:59713406

… identify patterns and behaviors that are common among serial killers (Samuel & Widiger, 2007). To develop a full-spectrum analysis, profilers must know the history of serial killings, which indeed goes back as far as the 1400s.
history
From Gilles de Rais of the 15th century in France, to Jack the Ripper in 19th century England, the West has no lack … by voices in his head. And the mission-focused type is one who believes he is on a mission of good by ridding the world of evil people, such as prostitutes. Jack the Ripper would be an example of the mission-focused type. In many cases, there is overlap … possible identity of the killer. Environment, time of day, and characteristics of the victim are also helpful clues in criminal profiling. Moreover, the history of the suspect is also something that psychologists look at when constructing a profile. For instance,……

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Alldredge, J. (2015). The" CSI Effect" and Its Potential Impact on Juror Decisions. Themis: Research Journal of Justice Studies and Forensic Science, 3(1), 6.

Bonn, S. (2019). How the FBI Profiles Serial Offenders. Retrieved from https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/wicked-deeds/201905/how-the-fbi-profiles-serial-offenders

Dogra, T.D. et al. (2012). A psychological profile of a serial killer: A case report. Omega: Journal of Death & Dying 65(4), 299-316.

FBI. (2019). Summary of the Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Retrieved from  https://www2.fbi.gov/ucr/killed/2009/aboutucr.html 

Karson, M. (2017). Why Profiling Serial Killers Can’t Work. Retrieved from https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/feeling-our-way/201711/why-profiling-serial-killers-can-t-work

Miller, L. (2014). Serial killers: I. Subtypes, patterns and motives. Aggression and Violent Behavior 19, 1-11.

Samuel, D. B., & Widiger, T. A. (2007). Describing Ted Bundy's personality and working towards DSM-V. Practice, 27, 20-22.

Sarteschi, C. M. (2016). Serial Murder. In Mass and Serial Murder in America (pp. 45-67). Springer, Cham.

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Iron Contra The Covert Action Operation In Iran

Pages: 9 (2708 words) Sources: 8 Document Type:Essay Document #:25726659

… regime declared unrelenting enmity with the U.S. The overthrowing of the government that was headed by the premier Mohammed Mossadeq changed how the world, particularly the poor and oppressed nations, viewed the U.S., permanently. Many Iranians think and feel that the coup was an unfortunate event that ……

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Contini, C. (2013). A Realistic View on Iran: International relations and Global Politics. GRIN Verlag.

De Seve, M. (2020). Operation Ajax: The Story of the CIA Coup that Remade the Middle East. Verso Books.

Fowler, R. (2018). More Than a Doctrine: The Eisenhower Era in the Middle East. U of Nebraska Press.

Lee, C. T. (2013). A Cold War Narrative: The Covert Coup of Mohammad Mossadeq, Role of the U.S. Press and Its Haunting Legacies. Senior Theses, Trinity College, Hartford, CT.  http://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/theses/300 

Levin, Y. A. (2018). Operation Ajax in the CIA analytics: colonial knowledge in postcolonial age. Samara Journal of Science, 7(2), 200-203.

Luce, D. D. (2017, September 20). The specter of operation AJAX. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2003/aug/20/foreignpolicy.iran

Merica, D., & Hanna, J. (2013). In declassified document, CIA acknowledges role in\\\\\\'53 Iran Coup. CNN News. Retrieved June 15, 2020.

Roosevelt, K. (1979). Countercoup, the Struggle for the Control of Iran. McGraw-Hill Companies.

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The Practice Of American Public Policymaking

Pages: 5 (1629 words) Sources: 3 Document Type:Essay Document #:86627986

… actors of a hundred years ago. Because the authors use the case study method for explaining public policymaking in America, they provide the history and background on their examples to facilitate contextualization. The authors also employ the technique of policy mapping to show how the practice and … authors examine how public policymaking is conducted in the 21st century. The second chapter is essentially an overview of public policymaking research and history, and the chapter starts with a discussion of policy from the standpoint of Machiavelli, who stated that policy was about using knowledge to ……

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Briggs, S., & Helms, L. B. (2015). The practice of American public policymaking. New York: Routlege Taylor & Francis Group.

DeLeon, P., & DeLeon, L. (2002). What ever happened to policy implementation? An alternative approach. Journal of public administration research and theory, 12(4), 467-492.

Mizaur, D. G. (1993). Quality government is government of the people, by the people, for the people. Public Productivity & Management Review, 371-377.

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Promises Of Democracy Capitalism In Ukraine

Pages: 9 (2599 words) Sources: 10 Document Type:Essay Document #:25483588

… that, at the end of the day, Eastern Europe has essentially been a geopolitical vacuum, into which all the major players on the world stage—from the Bushes to the Bidens to the Berezovskys and Putins—have sought to wield influence (BBC, 2012;Risen, 2019). Since the fall of Communism, … and the civil war that ensued ensured a limited run by Poroshenko and he gave way to Volodymyr Zelensky, who subsequently assured the world that President Trump did not pressure him to look into any improprieties committed by Joe Biden and son Hunter with regards to Ukraine’s … it was the same—simply the practice of the puppeteer aiming to control the puppet in politics, as has been the case throughout the history of democracy and capitalism all around the world.
Conclusion
The civil war in the Donbass region of Ukraine has been an indirect outcome of Putin’s war with the oligarchs……

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Alexievich, S. (2007). Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets. NY: Random House.

Alexievich, S. (2017). The Unwomanly Face of War: An Oral History of Women in World War II. NY: Random House.

BBC. (2012). Russian godfathers. Retrieved from  https://www.documentary24.com/russian-godfathers-putin-and-the-oligarchs--848/ 

Forbes. (2020). Ihor Kolomoyskyy. Retrieved from  https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/how-russian-oligarchs-changed-country%E2%80%94and-not-better-97472 

Klebnikov, P. (2000). Godfather of the Kremlin. New York, NY: Harcourt.

IMF. (2007). Report for Ukraine. Retrieved from https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2007/02/weodata/weorept.aspx?sy=1992&ey=2008&scsm=1&ssd=1&sort=country&ds=.&br=1&c=926&s=PPPGDP&grp=0&a=&pr1.x=41&pr1.y=2

Mezrich, B. (2015). Once upon a time in Russia. New York, NY: Atria.

Risen, J. (2019). I Wrote About the Bidens and Ukraine Years Ago. Retrieved from  https://theintercept.com/2019/09/25/i-wrote-about-the-bidens-and-ukraine-years-ago-then-the-right-wing-spin-machine-turned-the-story-upside-down/

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How Media Coverage Of Operation Desert Storm Was Influenced By The

Pages: 11 (3336 words) Sources: 8 Document Type:Essay Document #:61111774

… ‘round the flag” reaction that swept the nation which is commonplace during times of perceived threats to national security. In fact, throughout its history, Americans have been taught from an early age that their country is the greatest nation in the world, and it is their patriotic duty to “rally ‘round the flag” in times of crisis, including most especially when the United States is ……

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Curtis, J. (2015, November). Reflecting on strategic results of Operation Desert Storm. Army, 65(11), 24-27.

Khan, H. (2011, July 1). An unbiased estimate of present American competitiveness from deontological and teleological perspectives of utilitarianism. Competition Forum, 9(2), 348-352.

Klotzer, C. L. (2002, October). A lesson for Americans: Desert Storm operation reports were full of lies and distortions. St. Louis Journalism Review, 32(250), 34-39.

Lindsey, J. M. & Smith, C. (2003, Summer). Rally 'round the flag: Opinion in the United States before and after the Iraq War. Brookings Review, 21(3), 20-24.

Operation Desert Storm. (2020). U.S. History. Retrieved from  https://www.ushistory.org/  us/60a.asp.

Stilwell, B. (2015, September 12). 21 facts about the first Gulf War. Military.com. Retrieved from  https://www.military.com/undertheradar/2015/09/21-facts-about-the-first-gulf-war .

Taylor, A. (2016, January 14). Operation Desert Storm: 25 years since the first Gulf War. The Atlantic. Retrieved from  https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2016/01/operation-desert-storm-25-years-since-the-first-gulf-war/424191/ .

Tilford, K. H., Jr. (1993, Summer). Review: The meaning of victory in Operation Desert Storm: A review essay. Political Science Quarterly, 108(2), 327-331.

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