According to the evidence provided do you believe the defendants were guilty or innocent? What was the influence of the media on the trial? How representative do you believe these trials are of the thousands of others which receive little or no media coverage? Do trials such as these provide an accurate portrayal of the normal day to day criminal justice process? Finally, can you discover any common factors among these cases that might explain why they captured the imagination of the public?

Marijuana and LSD

At the address provided below you will find a number of statistics regarding the use of and attitudes toward marijuana. Synthesize this information into a short report addressing the following issues.

What has been the trend regarding marijuana usage over the past few years? What are problems associated with marijuana use and are they becoming more or less serious? Do you believe marijuana use will increase or decrease in the next few years? Explain why.

Criminal Justice and Terrorism on the Internet

Examine the issue of terrorism on the Internet from the perspective of Inciardi's five characteristics of terrorism:

1. Almost exclusively a political weapon
2. Almost always grounded in ideological politics
3. A technique of psychological warfare, accomplished primarily through violence directed against innocent, civilian targets
4. Involves victims which are not necessarily the primary targets
5. Is able to terrorize a large population of people through relatively small amount of victims

What are the ramification for criminal justice in the 21st Century?

Terrorism and Crime Studies Links from the Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/rr/frd/terrorism.html

Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001
http://www.privacyinternational.org/countries/uk/surveillance/ic-terror-opinion.htm

Yahoo Guide to Terrorism Crime
http://dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Crime/Types_of_Crime/Terrorism/