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Sociological perspectives on effects of parental drug abuse on children
Sociological perspectives on effects of parental drug abuse on children
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Per Reporter: The children's (unknown) mother (Jalexis) and maternal grandmother (Rosayln) smokes marjuana in the home. Rosayln and Jalexis takes pills (Nacole and Lortab). Rosalyn sells marjuana and her mother's (unknown) pills (Nacole and Lotab out of the home. Rosayln's mother is sick and old. Rosalyn has a record with MDOT for selling drugs. It is unknown if the children has access to the drugs. The drugs are used in the home. The drugs are being manfactured in the home. Jalexis and Rosalyn can not pass a drug test. It is unknown what typesof drugs is in their systems. On 2-21-2018, Jalexis was flying around in the car with the children tying to fight. Jalexis was trying to fight another female (unknown). The children were not in a
Anna Garcia is a thirty eight year old Hispanic women. She weighed 165 pounds and was 64 inches tall. She was married to Alex Garcia, but went through a nasty divorce. Anna has no children and one dog. A phone call came in at 9:45 AM on the hot morning of August 14th. Anna’s neighbor, Doug Greene let the police know he saw her walking her dog around 6:30AM yesterday morning, but heard her dog barking for the last two hours. Both the police and the EMT arrived at 9:56AM, and had to break the front door down. Upon entering the house, they found Anna lying face down in the entry hallway, a small pool of blood was by her head. The house was a comfortable 73 degrees fahrenheit. Around her there was evidence. There was vomit, blood spatters, blood on the table, and a pool of blood. As well as, a syringe, white pills, a cup with an unknown fingerprint on it, a muddy shoe print, and a
“The plastic bag recovered from the car seat contained seven separate plastic bags containing off-white material, which field-tested positive for crack cocaine. In light of the proximity of the bags of cocaine to Ms. Watson, she was charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance with Intent to Distribute, a felony. As the owner and operator of the vehicle, Jeffery Cox was arrested and charged with the same felony. A search of his person after the arrest revealed $1,450 in cash and several small empty plastic bags with a powder residue that field-tested positive for cocaine.”
DSS received a report of physical abuse, physical neglect and substantial risk of physical abuse on March 3, 2017 alleging there is chaos in the home. After returning with his brothers from their cousin’s house, the boys had to go to bed. The reporter stated that Xzavia banged on his mother’s bedroom door on three separate occasions wanting something to eat. The first time he was told to go back to bed and a popping noise was heard. The second time Ms. Kimberly Dawkins grabbed Xzavia by the head, shook him little and told him to go back to bed. The third time Ms. Dawkins grabbed Xzavia, threw him on the bed, got a gun, held him down and pointed it at him. Reporter states there was no clip in the gun. Ms. Dawkins was reported being upset and it was reported that she left the home for twenty minutes but came back. It was reported that while Ms. Dawkins was gone, Xzavia was very upset and he was crying and Tyzhaun stared punching holes in the wall. It was reported that Xzavia says he wanted to die and that Atmorris went and got a knife, stated to Xzavia, “You want to die?”, here’s the knife and the two older brothers, Tyzhaun and Atmorris left the house and Xzavia chased them. It was reported that Xzavia was outside crying and he spent the night with the neighbor.
Can two people be foils to each other but at the same time strikingly similar? In S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders, Johnny and Dally have very different personalities but share obvious, situational, similarities. Johnny and Dally both have very neglectful parents and they both place very little value on their lives. However, Dally differs from Johnny when it comes to the advice they give to Ponyboy and with what public image they die. Therefore, Johnny and Dally have many similarities and differences.
Many popular novels are often converted into television movies. The brilliant fiction novel, Flowers for Algernon written by Daniel Keyes, was developed into a dramatic television film. Flowers for Algernon is about a mentally retarded man who is given the opportunity to become intelligent through the advancements of medical science. This emotionally touching novel was adapted to television so it could appeal to a wider, more general audience. Although the novel and film are similar in terms of plot and theme, they are different in terms of characters.
During the late 1970’s a movement began with state prosecutors using child abuse, endangerment statues and charges of provisions of drugs to a minor to prosecute pregnant women who used illicit substances during their pregnancies. The prosecution of a pregnant heroine user in the State of California with a felony child endangerment charge was one of the first of such prosecutions in 1977 (Stone-Manista, 2009, pp.823-856). This was the catalyst for the often biased punishment of pregnant drug addicts under the scope of the law. It is this vein of prosecution that struck ...
On September 21, 2015, I was assigned this case to follow up. This case involves Ms. Hadja Bah a thirteen year old Francis Hammond School student. Ms. Bah has a previous runaway history and refuses to follow curfew set at home. Hadja had runaway several times (15-138346/15-121625/15-118272) which I have investigated several of the incidents. CPS investigator Ms. Alice Keany did a family assessment for the Bah family.
McAlister had evidence proving guilty, due to law enforcement conducting scientific evidence methods to prove the evidence gathered from the car and the apartment are related to Jose. Police used the keys to open and search the car where they discovered unlawful items. Thus they discovered $1,000 in $20 bills, a box of Ziploc baggie and a half-kilo of crack cocaine powder in the love box. Additionally, police detected the file on the laptop had data on drug trafficking. The money, baggies, laptop, and cocaine will be evidence for McAlister to be charged with possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute with up to 30 thirty years of incarceration. In contrast law enforcement also discovered an artsy picture of a underage seductively posing naked girl under the bottom cushion of the driver’s seat that holds a small paper reading “Happy Birthday, Mick” in Spanish. As a result the child pornography that was discovered gives Jose McAlister up to two years incarceration for possession. Additionally, Law enforcement discovered a map with a circle over a portion of Interstate 74, a firearm, and a knife with reside on the blade under the passenger’s seat. The map leads law enforcement to the naked body of Venzie Viktum who was wrapped in plastic in a ditch with overgrown weeds four feet high. Pathologist revealed the blood on the knife discovered in Jose’s car and the latent prints on Venzie Viktum were from Jose McAlister. In
The reporter said Aron is suicidal, and she tried to commit suicide 3 weeks ago. On Feb. 6, 2016, the reporter and Aron were riding around, and Aron tried to jump out of the vehicle (reporter had to hold onto her clothing to keep her from jumping), but the children were not present. Around Feb. 19 & 20, 2016, Aron threatened to pick the children up from school and daycare and drive off a cliff. The reporter didn’t allow Aron to pick the children up from school that day, and he went and picked them up. Jessie (father) reported this incident to law enforcement. During the last week in February (2016), Aron hit Joshua in the face, and his right eye was black (bruised) and swollen. Aron reported that the incident was an accident. Several months ago, Aron hit Joshua in the face and his right eye was swollen, and Aron said it was an accident. During the second week in February, Aron got into a fist fight with Joshua, and his lip was punctured and bloody. The reporter broke up the fight and pulled Aron off the child. Aron was yelling and cursing in Joshua’s ear, while calling him names (Bitches and
In the story “ The secret life of bees”, The author, kidd, strikingly portrays the relationship between lily and rosaleen because lily was sick and tired of his dad. Since lily’s mother died when lily was at a young age. Rosaleen was the only female influence in her life. Rosaleen puts limits on lily just how a mother would. Even though rosaleen is black and lily is white, lily doesn't care because she acts like a mom that cares a lot for her daughter. She would cook for lily and take care for lily. Lily accidently killed her mother deborah while t-ray and deborah were arguing, but t-ray wouldn't tell lily she did it.
Per Reporter: The children's mother and step-father (Crystal and Larry) used cocaine in the home. The children seen Crystal and Larry used the cocaine in the home. The children do not have access to the cocaine. The cocaine is not being sold or manufactured in the home. The home has no food most of the time. The children, mostly eat noodles. The reporter feed the children when she/he have them. The children have not lost any weight. Crystal does get food stamps. Crystal sells the food stamps to pay the bills in the home. Crystal has to sell the food stamps because Larry steals her check and one of the children's checks (J'Tavious). Larry takes the money and buys drugs. The dope boys (unknown) is threaten to shoot up the house, because Larry
During the part of Shakespeare’s life portrayed in Shakespeare in Love, he is writing the play Romeo an Juliet. He based his play on the things that happened to him during that time and therefore there are many comparable between the two films.
...now yielding to drug use, police must find ways to mobilize and use community opposition to drugs. That the opposition to drugs exists is evident in the willing- ness of many citizens to take direct action against drug dealers. This adds urgency to the task of thinking through a strategy that builds effective partnerships, for it suggests not only that a resource is available to the police, but also that failing to harness it effectively may compound the problem by inciting vigilantism. It also seems clear that successful approaches to the problem will rely on enlisting the assistance of other public agencies. For dealing with drug-related crime, the urinalysis and supervisory capacities of outpatient drug treatment programs might turn out to be valuable. To prevent the spread of drugs to new cohorts of teenagers, cooperation with schools and parents is essential.
At household levels, the drug users usually divert the income meant for the family’s upkeep for purchasing drugs (Barnard, 2007). Also, junior members of the family who abuse drugs tend to commit crimes that may force the relatives to pay for the expenses. The living standard of the family is; therefore, affected leading to unnecessary suffering.
Certain drugs can be injected via a syringe or needle, smoked, ingested through the nasal cavity, and even laced into certain foods and eaten. Unfortunately, in certain areas, drugs can be very easily obtained in an unsafe environment. Usually, drugs affect teenagers the most who are in their high school and college years. It is reported that teenagers can get their hands on narcotics at a myriad of places in their daily lives. They can be found: In the medicine cabinet, at home, at a neighbor’s house, online, a friend, at schools, and at parties. Nowadays, with rapid advancement in drug development, kids as young as 16 can cook and grow their own drugs in their homes. Neglect of strict attention or drug awareness among parents can result in teenagers buying or selling drugs routinely in their