Research Proposal, law assignment help

User Generated

Fubbxf1989

Business Finance

Description

Compose a first draft of your thesis proposal. Submit including a title page and three references related to your proposed topic. Ensure that the references are from peer-reviewed journals, government sources, other appropriate academically acceptable sources, or some combination thereof.

Ensure the proposal includes the following:

  • Explain the question or problem to be investigated and convince the thesis professor that the question or problem merits investigation.
  • It should show that the student has read the relevant and recent literature on the subject, and it should contain a list of academically appropriate resources consulted during the preliminary stages of research.
  • In general, the thesis proposal should include background information related to the research topic, purpose of research, methodology and analytical procedures to be used.

Here are my two proposal ideas:

1.) How the legalization of marijuana in some states has influenced the perception of drug crime and how it corresponds to the changes in legality and retrograde pardons for crimes that are now not considered crimes

2.) Comparative international criminal justice models in an effort to answer why the US, with all of its "freedoms;" has such a high incidence of incarceration, systemic flaws or inherent personal flaws

User generated content is uploaded by users for the purposes of learning and should be used following Studypool's honor code & terms of service.

Explanation & Answer

Attached.

Running Head: HOW LEGALIZATION OF MARIJUANA HAS INFLUENCED THE
PERCEPTION OF DRUG CRIME

How Legalization of Marijuana Has Influenced the Perception of Drug Crime in the State Of
Colorado
Research Proposal
Name
Instructor
Institutional Affiliation
Date

1

HOW LEGALIZATION OF MARIJUANA HAS INFLUENCED THE PERCEPTION OF
DRUG CRIME

2

Background information
In the fall of November 2012, in the state of Colorado and Washington, voters approved
ballot initiative that permitted and legalized the use of marijuana for recreational purposes. Two
years later, other states including Oregon and Alaska approved the bill that legalized the use of
marijuana for recreational purposes. Currently there are over 11 states that have considered
similar measure through legislative action or ballot initiatives that have legalized the use of
marijuana for recreation purposes. Numerous claims have been raised by both the opponents of
the legalization initiatives and those in the support of state level marijuana legalization. Those in
support of the state level marijuana legalization initiatives argue that the legalization of
marijuana reduces criminal activities, improves public safety, boost the economy and above all
minimizes criminal justice expenditure (Dills, Goffard & Miron, 2016). The critics of this
initiative on the other hand argue that such initiatives generally harm public health, spur the use
of other drugs, fuels crime and above all lowers the urge for education and educational
achievement among teenagers.
Problem statement
Drug and substance abuse has been one of the major public health problems around the
world. It has affected many people and has resulted to the loss of lives of millions of people in
many parts of the world. People acting under the influence of drugs have no sense or ability to
reason morally or think critically. Many accidents on our roads occur as result of drivers driving
under the influence of drugs. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention CDC,
the use of marijuana affects the brain especially parts of the brain responsible for memory,
coordination, decision making, learning and attention. This brings us to the question is it

HOW LEGALIZATION OF MARIJUANA HAS INFLUENCED THE PERCEPTION OF
DRUG CRIME

3

appropriate for states to pass legislations and initiatives legalizing the use of drugs that affects
the human health?
It has been three years since the states of Colorado and Washington passed the laws
legalizing the use of marijuana for recreational purposes. Although the opponents of the initiative
warned that legalizing marijuana in the public domain as well as decriminalizing the r...


Anonymous
Goes above and beyond expectations!

Studypool
4.7
Trustpilot
4.5
Sitejabber
4.4

Related Tags