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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810372203321

Autore

Gravett Steve

Titolo

Drugs in prison : a practitioners guide to penal policy and practice in Her Majesty's Prison Service / / Steve Gravett

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Continuum, 2000

ISBN

1-283-88019-9

1-4462-6484-X

0-8264-5127-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 206 p.)

Disciplina

365.60941

Soggetti

Drug abuse - Treatment - Great Britain

Drug abuse - Great Britain - Prevention

Prisoners - Drug use - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Charts and Tables; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; How to Use This Book; List of Abbreviations; Chapter 1 - Dangerous Drugs; Chapter 2 - Prisons and Drug Misuse; Chapter 3 - Tackling Drugs in Prison; Chapter 4 - Drugs Prevention; Chapter 5 - Mandatory Drug Testing; Chapter 6 - Reducing Demand for Drugs; Chapter 7 - Drug Treatment Programmes; Chapter 8 - What Works?; Chapter 9 - Reviewing Performance; Chapter 10 - Planning for the Future; Glossary; Appendix I - Documents; Appendix II - Addresses; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This guide, incorporating case studies, provides information on drugs themselves as well as the methods prisons use to tackle drug misuse, including reducing the supply and demand for drugs treatment programmes and Throughcare.