Discussion Topic: Read the following scenario: Forensic testing can be conducted on tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in the blood or urine. Please discuss whether the forensic testing mentioned below is valid and reliable

Discussion Topic: Read the following scenario:

Forensic testing can be conducted on tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in the blood or urine. Please discuss whether the forensic testing mentioned below is valid and reliable and should be used in convictions.

The National Institute of Justice (NIJ), United States Department of Justice, discussed on April 5, 2021, a 2017 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration research report, titled Impact of the Legalization and Decriminalization of Marijuana on the DWI System: Highlights from the Expert Panel Meeting. This report documented that “when delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (this is THC, which is one of the psychoactive substances in marijuana) was found in the blood, urine, or oral fluid, law enforcement and prosecutors used this as proof of impairment or intoxication.”

But in contrast to this, the NIJ also stated on April 5, 2021, that research funded by the NIJ, titled Field Sobriety Tests and THC Levels Unreliable Indicators of Marijuana Intoxication, documented that “researchers investigated how marijuana affects skills required for safe driving and found that biofluid levels of THC did not correlate with field sobriety test performance or marijuana intoxication, regardless of how the cannabis was ingested.” In other words, testing results for determining impaired or intoxicated driving from THC consumption were not reliable or accurate!

Added to this, the NIJ also pointed out that the Asbridge, Hayden, and Cartwright (2012) research, titled Acute Cannabis Consumption and Motor Vehicle Collision Risk: Systematic Review of Observational Studies and Meta-Analysis, documented there was “little evidence correlating a specific THC level with impaired driving, making laws establishing impartment or intoxication from THC very controversial and difficult to prosecute.”

Discussion Questions:

So, how should impairment or intoxication from THC consumption be handled regarding driving or when behavior in public could be under the influence of THC?

Should previous thousands and thousands of convictions for THC impairment or intoxication based upon THC blood, urine, or oral fluid testing be overturned (changed by the courts to not guilty)? Why or why not? 

Part 2

Forensic Data:

Go to 2020 Internet Cyber Crime and Covid-19 report which has data and statistics on cyber related crime. This will be the following website:

https://www.fbi.gov/news/press-releases/fbi-releases-the-internet-crime-complaint-center-2020-internet-crime-report-including-covid-19-scam-statistics

And then, at the bottom of this website, are three blue selections, but only select the first selection regarding the 2020 Internet Crime Report taking you to: https://www.ic3.gov/AnnualReport/Reports/2020_IC3Report.pdf.

Read this: https://www.ic3.gov/AnnualReport/Reports/2020_IC3Report.pdf

Write a 700- to 1,050-word summary report by providing the following:

Describe the statistics and types of cybercrime reported during the 2020 pandemic.

Provide a comparison of the number of complaints received by the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) during 2016 and the financial losses during 2016 against the number of complaints and financial losses during 2020.

Compare and discuss the top 5 crime types from 2016 to 2020.

List and describe 4 major COVID 19 cybercrimes.

Based on this data analysis, explain how you would address these cybercrimes.

Discuss and provide a conclusion regarding the Business Email Compromise (BEC).

Based on this data analysis, explain how you would address BEC cases.

Describe the function of the components of the IC3 Recovery Asset Team (IC3 RAT).

  Provide a small table in the body of this report that summarizes important points – a five point deduction if not done. Below is a very easy way to create a table using Word…

You can get to the below website by clicking: create a table

Website: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKuN3TCqeKY

 Provide a one paragraph appendix at the end of this report which can be copied from an outside source showing an

 important point(s) related to this assignment – a five point deduction if not done.

Please cite one literature reference (found outside the classroom) using correct APA formatting in the body of this report that reinforces what you are saying, and list this literature reference with correct APA formatting on a literature reference page at the end of this report – eight points deducted for no literature reference.