Drugs, Crime and Public Health: The Political Economy of Drug Policy

by Alex Stevens

Book Overview

Drugs, Crime and Public Health provides an accessible but critical discussion of recent policy on illicit drugs. Using a comparative approach - centred on the UK, but with insights and complementary data gathered from the USA and other countries - it discusses theoretical perspectives and provides new empirical evidence which challenges prevalent ways of thinking about illicit drugs. It argues that problematic drug use can only be understood in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415610672
• ISBN13: 9780415610674
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Routledge Cavendish
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"