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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kalunta-Crumpton, Anita, 1962-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drug abuse--Government policy--Great Britain.

Drug abuse.

Drug control--Great Britain.

Drug control.

Drug traffic--Great Britain.

Drug traffic.

Ethnic groups--Drug use--Great Britain.

Ethnic groups.

Minorities--Drug use--Great Britain.

Minorities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (160 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Winchester, UK : Waterside Press ; Portland, Or. : Distributed in North America by International Specialized Book Services (ISBS), 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Dealing with the nature of drug problems, this book contains treatment of drugs policy and legislative moves in UK, and methods of intervention. It also looks at the real life issues and social characteristics that affect the trafficking, supply and use of drugs.

Contents:

Cover

Acknowledgements

CONTENTS

List of Tables

Select List of Abbreviations and Acronyms

Introduction

1 Race and the Prosecution of Drug Offences in Crown Court Trials

2 Drug Use: Social Characteristics, Policy and Practice

3 Drugs Supply: Representations in Discourse, Policy and Practice

4 Visible Minority Ethnic Community Issues in Problematic Drug Use

5 Double Invisibility: The Case of Italian and Portuguese Problem Drug Use

6 The Drug Problem as a Global Phenomenon

7 Is There a Way Forward?

Bibliography

Index

Back cover.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [147]-154) and index.

ISBN:

9786611124458

9781281124456

1281124451

9781906534134

1906534136

OCLC:

923509373