Informing America's policy on illegal drugs : what we don't know keeps hurting us / Charles F. Manski, John V. Pepper, and Carol V. Petrie, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Manski, Charles F.

Pepper, John, 1964-

Petrie, Carol.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drug control--United States--Evaluation.

Drug control.

Drug traffic--Research--United States.

Drug traffic.

Drug abuse--Research--United States.

Drug abuse.

Drug abuse--Research.

Evaluation.

Research.

United States.

Drug abuse--United States--Prevention--Evaluation.

Evaluation research (Social action programs)--United States.

Evaluation research (Social action programs).

Physical Description:

xiv, 407 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, [2001]

Contents:

2 Determinants and Consequences of Drug Use 37

Part II Data for Monitoring the Nation's Drug Problems 75

3 Data Needs for Monitoring Drug Problems 77

4 Drug Data Organization 124

Part III Research for Drug Policy 137

5 Supply-Reduction Policy 139

6 Sanctions Against Users of Illegal Drugs 187

7 Preventing Drug Use 208

8 Treatment of Drug Users 241

9 Final Thoughts: Unfinished Business 271

A Characteristics of STRIDE Cocaine Data 283

C Phase I Report Executive Summary 319

D How Do Response Problems Affect Survey Measurement of Trends in Drug Use? / John V. Pepper 321

E Linking Treatment to Punishment: An Evaluation of Drug Treatment in the Criminal Justice System / Jeanette Covington 349.

Notes:

"Committee on Data and Research for Policy on Illegal Drugs, Committee on Law and Justice and Committee on National Statistics, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0309072735

OCLC:

47054647