by Adam Quirk | Apr 22, 2017 | Adam Quirk, Criminal Justice, Drugs, Incarceration, Prison, Scholarly Research
Heroin and Oxycontin Epidemic In the United States, it seems as though each generation finds itself mired in one drug epidemic or another. In the 1980’s, the rampant and rapidly spreading use of crack cocaine spurred President Reagan’s war on drugs. The...
by Adam Quirk | Nov 25, 2015 | Adam Quirk, Criminal Justice
In 2012, almost 130,00 young people, from ages 18-24 were incarcerated in state and federal prisons, according to the Harvard paper. But not all of these young people are served by the same system. Juvenile delinquents are served by a system, that according to the...
