Although the domestic marijuana industry may generate revenues as high as $60 billion each year and probably accounts for more than a fourth of the marijuana consumed in the United States, there has been no systematic study of the industry or of the people who cultivate marijuana for profit. This study is the first of its kind and sets the groundwork for future research on the subject. Ralph A. Weisheit challenges popular images of the drug industry that focus primarily on drug production in other countries or on the plight of inner cities. The focus of this field study relates to the rural drug scene and involves primarily white middle-aged males, showing how the United States drug problem is deeply ingrained in the structure of our society. The study also analyzes the views of marijuana growers and their economic rewards.
Weisheit outlines the history of marijuana, laws covering marijuana cultivation, and the botany of marijuana growing. Using interviews with growers, police, and others familiar with marijuana growing, this study describes a series of new findings about the types of growers, their motivations, their operations, and their status in their communities. Further topics covered are the more sophisticated cultivation techniques developed during the 1980s, and the controversial issue of the relationship between marijuana cultivation and other drug use. The interviews and the typology of growers should be of considerable interest to students and experts in drugs, criminology, and deviance, as well as to marijuana growers, police departments, and defense attorneys.

Domestic Marijuana: A Neglected Industry (Contributions in Criminology and Penology)

Business & Money

Weisheit, Ralph A.

Economics

Praeger

Pursuing Justice, Second Edition, examines the issue of justice by considering the origins of the idea, formal systems of justice, current global issues of justice, and ways in which justice might be achieved by individuals, organizations, and the global community. Part 1 demonstrates how the idea of justice has emerged over time, starting with religion and philosophy, then moving to the justice as a concern of the state, and finally to the concept of social justice. Part 2 outlines the very different mechanisms used by various nations for achieving state justice, including systems based on common law, civil law, and Islamic law, with a separate discussion of the US justice system. Part 3 focuses on four contemporary issues of justice: war, genocide, slavery, and the environment. Finally, Part 4 shows how individuals and organizations can go about pursuing justice, and describes the rise of global justice. This updated timely book helps students understand the complexities and nuances of a society's pursuit of justice. It provides students with the foundations of global justice systems, integrating Greek philosophies and major religious perspectives into a justice perspective, and contributes to undergraduate understanding of international justice bodies, NGOs, and institutions.
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<li>New edition is completely updated and revised to achieve relevance for today's students</li>
<li>Covers concepts of justice as well as ideas for pursuing and achieving justice</li>
<li>Examines how our modern laws began, and traces their evolution to today's laws</li>
<li>Presents concepts and issues in justice studies as well as a comparison of several systems of law</li>
<li>Teaching resources include discussion questions and real-world examples </li>
<li>Online supplements include instructor's guides, PowerPoint slides, and review questions</li>
</ul>

Pursuing Justice, Second Edition: Traditional and Contemporary Issues in Our Communities and the World

Politics & Social Sciences

Morn, Frank

Social Sciences

Anderson

This book is an introduction to the pursuit of justice and how our criminal justice system is designed to further or hamper that goal. It is designed to fill a gap in the literature on justice by combining a discussion of the concept of justice within a philosophical and legal context. The authors discuss the concept of justice, provide examples of injustice, and discuss strategies for achieving justice.

Pursuing Justice

Morn, Frank T.

Cengage Learning'

Helping to sort out the complex issues involved in the ongoing debate over the processing of delinquents through the juvenile justice system . . . This collection of eighteen articles covers the conflicting philosophies underlying the juvenile justice system, current knowledge about status offenders, the role of such social institutions as the family and the school in the onset and control of delinquency, and major policy issues that decision makers will need to resolve in the years ahead.

Juvenile Delinquency: A Justice Perspective

Culbertson, Robert G.

Waveland Pr Inc.

A close examination of an overlooked subject! American culture is viewed by many to be a homogenous urban culture. It is often assumed that rural crime is rare or nonexistent-that when it does occur, it is only a "small" version of the urban crime problem. The authors' findings directly challenge this assumption. Rural crime and rural justice are not simply scaled?down versions of urban crime and justice but rather take place in a context that colors the process by which crime arises and by which justice is carried out. This volume, which resulted from a study undertaken with support from the National Institute of Justice, examines what is known about crime and policing in rural areas and small towns, and how rural crime and justice are shaped by the environment. The authors gathered and synthesized information from a variety of sources including existing published literature, interviews with rural justice officials, focus groups, and a survey of rural and small-town police regarding their concerns to derive a meaningful comparison between rural and urban crime and policing.

Crime and Policing in Rural and Small-Town America

Falcone, David N.

Wells, L.Edward

Sociology

The record rates of imprisonment seen in America in the 1990s reflect not only a willingness to use imprisonment as a punishment, but a general approach in which social problems are seen as crime problems to be dealt with by police, the courts, and corrections. Although the public seems to demand simple solutions, there is nothing simple about the crime problem. Readers of criminal justice must come to grips with some of the most emotional and complex questions confronting our society. The editors have assembled a group of articles which illustrate some of the complexities of criminal justice in a way that is accessible to the general reader. Scrutiny over the issues and controversies in the field of criminal justice has resulted in a massive body of literature. The editors of this collection have focused on some of the major issues which have emerged from this literature. The six new articles in this Fifth Edition (and two which have been updated) reflect a heightened awareness of issues related to victims, career criminals, illegal drugs, police practices, an overloaded court system, and current dilemmas facing prisons.

"Order Under Law": Readings in Criminal Justice

Pursuing Justice, Second Edition, examines the issue of justice by considering the origins of the idea, formal systems of justice, current global issues of justice, and ways in which justice might be achieved by individuals, organizations, and the global community. Part 1 demonstrates how the idea of justice has emerged over time, starting with religion and philosophy, then moving to the justice as a concern of the state, and finally to the concept of social justice. Part 2 outlines the very different mechanisms used by various nations for achieving state justice, including systems based on common law, civil law, and Islamic law, with a separate discussion of the US justice system. Part 3 focuses on four contemporary issues of justice: war, genocide, slavery, and the environment. Finally, Part 4 shows how individuals and organizations can go about pursuing justice, and describes the rise of global justice. This updated timely book helps students understand the complexities and nuances of a society's pursuit of justice. It provides students with the foundations of global justice systems, integrating Greek philosophies and major religious perspectives into a justice perspective, and contributes to undergraduate understanding of international justice bodies, NGOs, and institutions.   New edition is completely updated and revised to achieve relevance for today's students   Covers concepts of justice as well as ideas for pursuing and achieving justice   Examines how our modern laws began, and traces their evolution to today's laws   Presents concepts and issues in justice studies as well as a comparison of several systems of law   Teaching resources include discussion questions and real-world examples

Pursuing Justice: Traditional and Contemporary Issues in Our Communities and the World

Routledge

Pursuing Justice, Third Edition, examines the issue of justice by considering the origins of the idea, formal systems of justice, current global issues of justice, and ways in which justice might be achieved by individuals, organizations, and the global community. Part I demonstrates how the idea of justice has emerged over time, starting with religion and philosophy, and then to the concept of social justice. Part II outlines the very different mechanisms used by various nations for achieving state justice, including systems based on common law, civil law, and Islamic law, with a separate discussion of the US justice system. Part III focuses on six contemporary issues of justice: war, immigration, domestic terrorism, genocide, slavery, and the environment. Finally, Part IV shows how individuals and organizations can go about pursuing justice, and describes the rise of global justice. This updated timely book helps students understand the complexities and nuances of a society's pursuit of justice. It provides students with the foundations of global justice systems, integrating Greek philosophies and major religious perspectives into a justice perspective, and contributes to undergraduate understanding of international justice bodies, NGOs, and institutions. New to the third edition is a complete chapter on immigration, with a focus on historical and global patterns as they relate to justice, as well as new material on the #MeToo and Black Lives Matter movements, the genocide of the Rohingya of Myanmar, and the sovereign citizens movement in relation to domestic terrorism.

A close examination of an overlooked subject! American culture is viewed by many to be a homogenous urban culture. It is often assumed that rural crime is rare or nonexistent-that when it does occur, it is only a "small" version of the urban crime problem. The authors' findings directly challenge this assumption. Rural crime and rural justice are not simply scaled?down versions of urban crime and justice but rather take place in a context that colors the process by which crime arises and by which justice is carried out. This volume, which resulted from a study undertaken with support from the National Institute of Justice, examines what is known about crime and policing in rural areas and small towns, and how rural crime and justice are shaped by the environment. The authors gathered and synthesized information from a variety of sources including existing published literature, interviews with rural justice officials, focus groups, and a survey of rural and small-town police regarding their concerns to derive a meaningful comparison between rural and urban crime and policing.

Crime and Policing in Rural and Small Town America

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Domestic Marijuana: A Neglected Industry (Contributions in Criminology and Penology)

Pursuing Justice, Second Edition: Traditional and Contemporary Issues in Our Communities and the World

Pursuing Justice

Juvenile Delinquency: A Justice Perspective

Crime and Policing in Rural and Small-Town America

"Order Under Law": Readings in Criminal Justice

Pursuing Justice: Traditional and Contemporary Issues in Our Communities and the World

Pursuing Justice: Traditional and Contemporary Issues in Our Communities and the World

Pursuing Justice: Traditional and Contemporary Issues in Our Communities and the World

Crime and Policing in Rural and Small Town America