INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW OF CRIME AND …

01-Walsh ( INTRODUCTION ) 2/13/2008 7:27 PM Page 1. S E C T I O N. 1. INTRODUCTION AND. OVERVIEW OF CRIME . AND criminology . In 1996, Iraqi refugees Majed Al-Timimy, 28, and Latif Al-Husani, 34, married the daughters, aged 13 and 14, of a fellow Iraqi refugee in Lincoln, Nebraska. The mar- riages took place according to Muslim custom, and everything seemed to be going well for awhile until one of the girls ran away and the concerned father and her husband reported it to the police. It was at this point that American and Iraqi norms of legality and morality clashed head on. Under Nebraska law, people under 17. years old cannot marry, so both grooms and the father and mother of the girls were arrested and charged with a variety of crimes from child endangerment to rape.

Section 1 Introduction and Overview of Crime and Criminology 3 as across different cultures. Until the Harrison Narcotics Act of 1914, there were few legal restrictions in the United States on the sale, possession, or use of most drugs, including heroin and cocaine. Following the Harrison Act, many drugs became controlled substances, their

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