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Autore: | Barton Adrian |
Titolo: | Illicit drugs : use and control / / Adrian Barton |
Pubblicazione: | Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2011 |
Edizione: | 2nd ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (209 p.) |
Disciplina: | 362.290941 |
Soggetto topico: | Drug abuse - Great Britain |
Drug traffic - Great Britain | |
Drug control - Great Britain | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Preface and acknowledgements -- British society and illicit drug use : historical perspectives -- Measuring the 'problem' : drug use in contemporary Britain -- The British state's legal and medical responses to illicit drug use -- Illicit drug use : class, gender and ethnicity -- Illicit drugs : growth and production -- The geo-politics of illicit drug production and distribution -- Illicit drugs : markets and market focus -- Illicit drugs : paying for the goods and assessing the costs -- Policing the problem : current trends in UK drug policy -- Comparing British drug policy. |
Sommario/riassunto: | Illicit drugs and their use are a dominant concern of politicians, policy makers and the general public. As such, this second edition of the popular Illicit Drugs: Use and Control provides a timely, up-to-date discussion of the key issues raised in the first edition, whilst also providing new chapters which address:Class, gender and raceThe geo-politics of illicit drug production and distributionBritain's drug use within a global contextDrawing information from wide-ranging sources, Adrian Barton illuminates t |
Titolo autorizzato: | Illicit drugs |
ISBN: | 1-283-12678-8 |
9786613126788 | |
1-134-00725-6 | |
0-203-87991-0 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910461361903321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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