Albemarle Tradewinds July 2018 Web Final

MICHAEL P. SANDERS, P.C.
Serving the Albemarle Region
and the Outer Banks since 1990.
Criminal and Traffic Law, Personal
Injury and Wrongful Death, General Practice.
1755 C City Center Boulevard
Elizabeth City, NC 27909
Office (252) 331-1628
Fax (252) 331-1657
www.michaelsanderslaw.com
We are located near the
3 Amigos Mexican Restaurant and
behind the Sherwin-Williams Paint Store.
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Dear Dr. Crime
Dr. Crime is a pseudonym for a social scientist holding
a Ph.D. degree in sociology and in criminology. He
has worked in all major parts of the criminal justice
system. Drop him a note at the website www.keepkidshome.net
If you or your child is in trouble, he
may be able to help, give him a call (2523390000) or
E-mail at
reedadams@yahoo.com
Dear Dr. Crime: I am a well-educated Southern Boy. I
recall illegal liquor and the problems it caused. Even
today the name Percy Flowers, NC’s King of the Moonshiners,
comes up on the internet. Pot and Rum are not
so different. I know you have reported on the Marijuana
story but I want to hear your position now that Canada
has decided to legalize Pot. I bet there is a lot of money
to be made. Chapel Hill Fellow
Dear UNC CH Professor: I am guessing as to who you
are, but I am sure your concern, as before, is common.
I refer all to Dr. David Langille, who practices addictive
medicine in VA. He reported that scientists of the
American Society of Addiction Medicine recently advised
caution, patience and restraint as the States confront bills
to legalized Pot. He noted several points I have used
before but should be repeated. The concentration of
THC (the potency of POT) has skyrocketed, the impact
on developing brains has been scientifi cally established
so that we know Pot is related to a decline in IQ, memory,
academic performance, and use of other drugs. My
position remains, stay away from Pot.
Dear Dr. Crime: As a professional person whose family
came from Africa, I am fascinated with the stories I hear
in my Black community about racial profi ling by police. Is
it true? Should I expect to be stopped for Driving While
Black? Name Withheld
Dear Concerned Person: I understand in intimate ways
the feelings of fear from persons in another “group”.
There is much research and data on this so I will focus
on a research study from California State University that
reviewed close to three thousand traffi c stops from 2000
forward. Minority citizens, especially African Americans,
were disproportionally stopped. The Minorities were
no more frequently searched than Whites. Moreover,
Minorities were more likely to be warned and Whites
more likely to be ticketed or arrested. Race of the Police
Officer had no impact.
Dear Dr. Crime: You helped out my girlfriend with a
college paper, now help me with a big issue. Are there
differences in the ways the criminal courts sentence people
in different groups? Inmate’s Dad.
Dear Dad: I refer you to the U.S. Sentencing Commission.
They report on very strong research about that
topic. The primary fi ndings recently released by the
Commission, which address your question, follow.
1. Black male offenders continue to receive longer
sentences than similar White male offenders.
2. A history of violence did not account for differences
in sentencing.
3. Female offenders of all races receive shorter sentences
than White male offenders.
For details see https://www.ussc.gov/research/research-reports/demographic-differences-sentencing
Dear Dr. Crime: Do girls in prostitution run risks of
infection? What is the experience of being a prostitute?
Young guy.
Dear Kid: As I have said before, be careful. The
National Institute of Justice reported on a study of prostitutes
and sex work. Most of the workers were U.S. citizen
victims of sex trafficking and foreign national victims
of labor traffi cking. The number of subjects was small (
69 ) but they reported serving 5,655 clients, with 3,195
being new clients. Of the clients served, 78 percent were
adults and 22 percent were under 18 years old. That is
a substantial exposure. When I was a probation offi cer,
some of my clients were prostitutes and I wrote a paper
about the clients of prostitutes. Lots of them were very
respected, profession men. Be careful.
Dear Dr. Crime: Are many kids in sex traffi cking?
School Teacher
Dear Teacher: The US Department of Justice did a
study of that, now dated but likely indicative of a large
number of kids. A decade or more ago they reported
more than two million children worldwide are commercially
sexually exploited every year. As many as 300,000 of
them being victimized were in the United States.
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All truly great thoughts are
conceived by walking.
- Friedrich Nietzsche
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