Drugs, victims and race : the politics of drug control

Drugs, victims and race : the politics of drug control / Anita Kalunta-Crumpton.

A book that offers a fresh perspective on discourse around the 'drug problem' - in which Anita Kalunta-Crumpton explores common but frequently misleading themes concerning an aspect of criminal justice that know no racial, ethnic, gender, class, age, geographical or other barriers. She als...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kalunta-Crumpton, Anita, 1962-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Winchester, UK : Portland, Or. : Waterside Press ; Distributed in North America by International Specialized Book Services (ISBS), 2006.
Subjects:
Drug abuse > Government policy > Great Britain.
Drug traffic > Great Britain.
Drug control > Great Britain.
Minorities > Drug use > Great Britain.
Ethnic groups > Drug use > Great Britain.
PSYCHOLOGY > Psychopathology > Addiction.
SELF-HELP > Substance Abuse & Addictions > General.
Drug abuse > Government policy
Drug control
Drug traffic
Minorities > Drug use
Drogenpolitik
Great Britain
Großbritannien
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Table of Contents:
  • Race and the prosecution of drug offences in Crown Court Trials
  • Drug use: social characteristics, policy and practice
  • Drugs supply: representations in discourse, policy and practice
  • Visible minority ethnic community issues in problematic drug use
  • Double invisibility: the case of Italian and Portuguese problem drug use
  • The drug problem as a global phenomenon
  • Is there a way forward?

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