1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910452006503321

Titolo

Drugs and justice [[electronic resource] ] : seeking a consistent, coherent, comprehensive view / / Margaret P. Battin ... [et al.] ; with additional contributions from David G. Dick ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008

ISBN

1-4356-0960-3

1-281-37477-6

9786611374778

0-19-804331-7

0-19-804332-5

1-4356-1761-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (308 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BattinM. Pabst

Disciplina

364.1/770973

Soggetti

Drug control - United States

Drug abuse - Government policy - United States

Drugs - Law and legislation - United States

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

Drugs "across the board" -- How did it come to be this way? -- Drug regulatory agencies and the underlying rationales for drug policy -- Core conceptual problems : addiction -- Core conceptual problems : harm (and benefit) -- Dilemmas of drug management and control -- Toward justice in drug theory, policy, and practice.

Sommario/riassunto

This compact and innovative book tackles one of the central issues in drug policy: the lack of a coherent conceptual structure for thinking about drugs. Drugs generally fall into one of seven categories: prescription, over the counter, alternative medicine, common-use drugs like alcohol, tobacco and caffeine; religious-use, sports enhancement; and of course illegal street drugs like cocaine and marijuana. Our thinking and policies varies wildly from one to the other, with inconsistencies that derive more from cultural and social



values than from medical or scientific facts. Penalties exist for

2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996199879903316

Titolo

Exclusion from school : inter-professional issues for policy and practice / / edited by Eric Blyth and Judith Milner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1996

ISBN

1-134-78718-9

1-134-78719-7

1-282-77847-1

9786612778476

0-203-43569-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (313 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BlythEric

MilnerJudith, senior lecturer

Disciplina

371.5430941

Soggetti

Student suspension - Great Britain

School discipline - Great Britain

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 (p. [270]-288) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures and tables; List of contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; Exclusions: trends and issues; Stories of exclusion: natural and unnatural selection; The signal of failure: school exclusions and the market system of education; Government policy and disadvantaged children; Black boys excluded from school: race or masculinity issues?; No home, no school, no future: exclusions and children who are 'looked after'; Professionals, children and power; The cost of primary school exclusions; The effects of waiting time on excluded children

Who excludes whom? The personal experience of exclusionTales from the exclusion zone: the views of teachers and pupils; Damaged goods? An interpretation of excluded pupils' perceptions of schooling; The Staff Sharing Scheme: a school-based management system for working with challenging child behaviour; Resisting the trend to exclude;



Primary school exclusions: the need for integrated solutions; Exclusion from school: the role of outsid

Sommario/riassunto

The number of children excluded from school has risen sharply over the last few years. This book looks at exclusion.  It also gives practical guidance on prevention strategies and examines how working together can help avoid exclusion.