Deck 13: Substance Use, Crime, and Crime Prevention

Question 1

According to the text, in the debate over the relationship between drug use and crime, the position gaining the strongest support appears to be:

A) drug use causes crime
B) crime causes drug use
C) drug use and crime are spuriously related
D) crime and drug use cause one another
E) none of the above

Answer 1

C

Question 2

The use of drugs in an effort to remove an individual from an addiction to another drug is:

A) deterrence
B) maintenance
C) escape
D) detoxification
E) none of the above

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Education/information/knowledge programs have all but which of the following results?

A) increase knowledge about drugs
B) lead to experimentation
C) reduce the level of all drug use
D) may increase drug use
E) all of the above are results

Answer 3

C

Question 4

According to the Monitoring the Future data, the most prevalent drug use is of:

A) alcohol
B) marijuana
C) tobacco
D) cocaine
E) none of the above

Question 5

Many offenders are regular users of illicit drugs, but use has little relation to the commission of crime.

Question 6

Urinalysis in the ADAM program reveals that better than 50 percent of all male arrestees test positive for recent drug use.

Question 7

According to the Monitoring the Future data, most drugs beyond alcohol and marijuana are used by very few people.

Question 8

Over time, those on maintenance will no longer experience the highs and lows of addiction to other drugs.

Question 9

According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, _________ is the most used illicit drug is:

A) alcohol
B) marijuana
C) tobacco
D) cocaine
E) none of the above

Question 10

The ADAM program stands for:

A) Adult Drug And Maintenance
B) Arrestee Drug and Alcohol Monitoring
C) Adolescent Drug and Adult Mentoring
D) Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring
E) none of the above

Question 11

The police crackdown in the Alphabet City area of New York found all but which of the following?

A) a high level of arrests
B) reductions in robbery, burglary, and homicide
C) relocation of some dealers
D) a long-term impact
E) all of the above were found

Question 12

The best example of a resistance skills training program is:

A) D.A.R.P.
B) D.A.R.E.
C) N.A.R.A.
D) N.A.R.Y.
E) none of the above

Question 13

Which of the following is NOT one of the main categories of drug treatment programs?

A) detoxification
B) therapeutic communities
C) abstinence
D) maintenance
E) all of the above are categories

Question 14

The Life Skills Training program is successful at reducing the number of youths who smoke, drink, and use marijuana.

Question 15

_______________ emphasize providing a supportive, highly structured atmosphere within which individuals can be helped to alter their personality and develop social relationships conducive to conforming behavior.

A) Maintenance programs
B) Therapeutic communities
C) Detoxification programs
D) Prevention programs
E) none of the above

Question 16

A spurious relationship means that two variables influence each other in a like fashion.

Question 17

The ADAM program tested for 10 different drugs.

Question 18

Perhaps the most-well known survey of drug use is:

A) Drug Use Forecasting
B) Monitoring the Future
C) Adam Program
D) DARE
E) none of the above

Question 19

D.A.R.E. significantly reduces the use of drugs by teens.