Hong Lu, Terance D. Miethe, Bin Liang

China's Drug Practices and Policies (eBook, ePUB)

Regulating Controlled Substances in a Global Context

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Employing a comparative historical approach and drawing on a variety of data sources, this book is the first English-language publication to provide a comprehensive analysis of China's legal regulation of controlled substances. The authors examine topics including drug regulation, the socio-political treatment of drugs during various historical periods and ongoing efforts to legislate drug trade, criminalize drug use and manage the addict population within national and international contexts.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317167228
• Artikelnr.: 45099346

Autorenporträt

Hong Lu is an Associate Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and has written extensively on international and comparative criminology and law. She is the co-author of Punishment: A Comparative Historical Perspective (Cambridge University Press, 2004) . Terance D. Miethe is a Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. With Hong Lu, he co-authored Punishment; his other books include China's Death Penalty: History, Law, and Contemporary Practices (Taylor & Francis, 2007). Bin Liang is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at Oklahoma State University-Tulsa. He is the author of The Changing Chinese Legal System, 1978-Present: Centralization of Power and Rationalization of the Legal System (Routledge, 2007).

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 The Consumption and Control of Illegal Substances
Chapter 2 Social Conditions and Opium in Imperial China (Pre-1911)
Chapter 3 Drug Laws and the Social Context in the Republic Era
Chapter 4 Narcotics Control in the People's Republic of China
Chapter 5 Theoretical Issues and Explanations of China's Drug Laws
Chapter 6 Fighting Narcotic Drugs in a Global Context