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Drug policy: history, theory and consequences ; examples from Denmark and USA
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Abstract Drug policy has spread into new areas of society and new players are now engaged in this policy. This leads to the question: How can we understand and explain the increasingly complex puzzle that we call drug policy?
A very wide range of drug policies are implemented in contemporary societies - n... mehr
Drug policy has spread into new areas of society and new players are now engaged in this policy. This leads to the question: How can we understand and explain the increasingly complex puzzle that we call drug policy?
A very wide range of drug policies are implemented in contemporary societies - not only by governments, but also by local communities, organisations, public institutions, private enterprises, sports clubs etc., with consequences for drug users, citizens and society in general.
In Drug Policy anthropologists, criminologists and sociologists analyse different aspects of drug policy, seeing it as a way of regulation drugs - including control, treatment, prevention and harm reduction. Using examples from both Denmark and the USA, the authors' approach is to focus in particular on the history and consequences of drug policy in practice. The topic is analysed on an international, national as well as local level. This book will be of great value to advanced undergraduate and graduate students with an interest in drug policy, as well as to academics, practitioners and policy makers in the drug field.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Drogenpolitik; Dänemark; USA; Drogenmissbrauch; Kontrolle; Prävention; Drogenkriminalität; Kriminalisierung; Gesundheitsversorgung
Klassifikation
soziale Probleme
Kriminalsoziologie, Rechtssoziologie, Kriminologie
spezielle Ressortpolitik
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2008
Verlag
Aarhus Univ. Press
Erscheinungsort
Aarhus
Seitenangabe
259 S.
ISBN
978-87-7934-770-0
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)
Lizenz
Creative Commons - Namensnennung, Nicht kommerz., Keine Bearbeitung