Understanding Drugs, Alcohol and CrimeOpen University Press, 2005 - 180 páginas The book concludes that future government drugs policy should pay particular attention to the lessons learned from research on the connection between drug and alcohol use and crime. Ideal for criminology, criminal justice, social policy and social work students, this book will also be a useful source of information for policy makers, the police, probation workers, social workers, drugs and alcohol counsellors, treatment agencies, sentencers, voluntary agencies, Drug Action Teams, and others with an interest in research on drugs and crime. |
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The nature of the problem | 1 |
from defining to reducing harm | 15 |
Extent of drug misuse | 36 |
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