Drugs

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McGraw-Hill Education (UK), 2006 M05 16 - 160 páginas
Drugs: Policy and Politics is an accessible introduction to the links between drugs and social policy. Assessing current and recent policies and political responses, it considers the ways in which drugs policy is formulated and implemented in the UK and Europe.

The book examines the dynamic context of drug policy through discussions of broader policy fields such as health and the criminal justice system. The contributors offer evidence-based insights into the social complexities of both drug use and drug users, as they examine those specific groups who are associated with particular patterns of drug use. Drug issues are linked with aspects of gender, race and social exclusion, all of which have a resonance in the current discourses of policy making.

Drugs: Policy and Politics provides an important set of tools with which to rethink the diversity of drug use and drug users. It is important reading for social policy students and researchers, as well as trainee social workers, probation officers, police and prison officers.

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Chapter 01 Social Exclusion Drugs and Policy
1
Chapter 02 Gender Drugs and Policy
18
Chapter 04 One Step Forward Two Steps Back? The Politics of Race1 and Drugs and How Policymakers Interpret Things
45
Chapter 05 Drugs Law and the Regulation of Harm
59
Chapter 06 Drugs Crime and Criminal Justice
75
Chapter 07 Drugs and Health Policy
92
Epidemiology and the Evolution of a European Drug Policy
113
Chapter 09 Contemporary Social Theory in the Drugs Field
125
Index
139
Back Cover
144
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