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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460136403321

Titolo

Drug interventions in criminal justice [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Anthea Hucklesby and Emma Wincup

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkshire, England, : Open University Press, 2010

ISBN

1-283-34341-X

9786613343413

0-335-23972-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (248 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HucklesbyAnthea

WincupEmma

Disciplina

363.290973

Soggetti

Drug abuse and crime

Drug abuse - Treatment

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front cover; Half title page; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Notes on the contributors; 1 Introduction - Anthea Hucklesby and Emma Wincup; 2 Researching drug interventions in criminal justice - Anthea Hucklesby and Emma Wincup; 3 Policing problem drug users - Stuart Lister and Emma Wincup; 4 Drug Interventions Programme: neither success nor failure? - Paul J. Turnbull and Layla Skinns; 5 Arrest referral and drug testing - George Mair and Matthew Millings; 6 Drug interventions in the remand process - Anthea Hucklesby

7 Drug courts: lessons from the UK and beyond - Gill McIvor8 Treatment sentences for drug users: contexts, mechanisms and outcomes - Alex Stevens; 9 Drug interventions in prisons - Ian Paylor, Anthea Hucklesby and Alison Wilson; Drug interventions in criminal justice: guide to further resources; Index; Back cover

Sommario/riassunto

The book is essential reading for criminology/criminal justice and social policy students; for students studying health related degrees; for researchers in criminal justice and the drugs field; criminal justice, drug treatment and health professionals; the media and members of the



public who are interested in drug use and crime.