One often hears about drug use and criminal behavior, addiction and criminal behavior, drugs and delinquency, and so forth. Your task for this Research Assignment is to explore one of the many issues, findings or questions related to drugs and crime. For example:
Is there a trend in the kinds of crimes that are committed by a certain type types of drug user?
Does drug use cause crime? Does crime necessarily correlate with drug use? Work here on a specific drug or class of drugs, and its relationship to crime.
Have changes in drug laws, either at the federal or state level, had any effect on criminal behavior, or the trafficking in illicit drugs?
What kinds of crimes involve prescription medicines?
Does drug use cause violence? Are violent crimes correlated with the use of certain kinds of drugs? What is the relationship between alcohol use and domestic violence, for example?
Does criminal behavior lead one into drug use, or is the opposite true?
Does drug use have any relationship to white collar crime, domestic violence, property crime, motor vehicle accidents/homicides, arson, burglary, etc.
Do new marijuana laws in Washington and Colorado have an impact on criminal behavior?
Is the consumption of alcohol or cigarette smoking a crime if a woman is pregnant?
And so forth. One may certainly pick her or his own topic related to criminal behavior.
