Henry Brownstein

Contemporary Drug Policy (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the major debates and controversies in the area of drug policy offering critical philosophical and theoretical perspectives and presents an alternative approach to policy and practice grounded in critical criminological theories.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 128
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Februar 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136202728
• Artikelnr.: 38268070

Autorenporträt

Henry H. Brownstein is a Senior Fellow in the Substance Abuse, Mental Health and Criminal Justice Studies Department at NORC at the University of Chicago, USA. For almost 30 years he has been studying drug policy, drugs and crime, and drug markets. He has published several books and dozens of articles and book chapters on topics including drug policy, drugs and violence, drug markets, qualitative research methods, and the relationship between research and policy. He earned his PhD in sociology in 1977 from Temple University, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Informing and guiding drug policy
2. The debate over control and regulation
3. The debate over management
4. The debate over value
5. Case studies: the unintended consequences of ill-informed policies
6. False issues
dubious solutions and the need for public discourse.