The world heroin market [[electronic resource] ] : can supply be cut? / / Letizia Paoli, Victoria A. Greenfield, Peter Reuter

• Autore: Paoli Letizia
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (389 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.45
• Soggetto topico: Heroin abuse; Drug abuse; Drug traffic; Drug control
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: GreenfieldVictoria A. <1964-> ReuterPeter <1944->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-358) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; 1 Introduction; Prior Research; Data Collection and Model Development; Major Findings; Book Outline; PART I: THE DEVELOPMENT, COMPOSITION, AND BEHAVIOR OF THE WORLD OPIATE MARKET; 2. The Past as Prologue: The Development of the World Opiate Market and the Rise of the International Control Regime; Introduction; Production and Consumption, 1800-1909; Development and Impact of the International Drug Control Regime, 1909-1945; Rise and Impact of National Controls, 1906-1945; Downslide and Upswing, 1945-1970, and a Brief Coda; Concluding Remarks; 3 The Contemporary Market; Introduction ; Current Conditions and Market Trends Properties of Supply and Demand; Supply Control Policies; Concluding Remarks; 4 Did the Taliban's Ban Really Matter?; Introduction; The Ban, the Cutback, and the Aftermath; The Market Response; Concluding Remarks; 5 Keeping Track of Opiate Flows; Introduction; An Outline of the Approach; Data Compilation; Data Reconciliation; Trafficking Routes and Opiate Flows; Concluding Remarks; PART II: COUNTRY STUDIES; 6 Afghanistan and Burma: The Two Dominant Producers; Introduction; In Search of an Explanation ; Afghanistan: From Quasi-State Authorities to Protectors within the State?Burma: A Succession of Quasi-State Authorities; Concluding Remarks; 7 India: Diversion from Licit Cultivation; Introduction; Opiate Consumption; Illicit Sources of Opiates; Diversion from Licit Production and Its Share of the Illicit Market; Heroin Production, Trafficking, and Export; Concluding Remarks; 8 Colombia: The Emergence of a New Producer; Introduction; Background: Cocaine, Insurgents, and Government Weakness; The Emergence of the Opiate Industry; Opium Production and Processing ; The Industry Players and Their Relationships Control Efforts; Consumption; Concluding Remarks; 9 Tajikistan: The Rise of a Narco-State; Introduction; The Expansion of the Illicit Opiate Industry: Explanatory Factors; The Phases of Trafficking; Tajikistan's Integration into the World Heroin Market; The Rapid Growth of Local Opiate Consumption; Drug-Trafficking Enterprises; Concluding Remarks; PART III: POLICY ANALYSIS AND IMPLICATIONS; 10 The Theoretical and Practical Consequences of Variations in Effective Illegality; Introduction; The Consequences of Strict Enforcement ; The Consequences of Lax Enforcement The Consequences of Non-enforcement; Two Theses on the Role of Governments in Opiate Markets; Concluding Remarks; 11 Synthesis of Findings and Lessons for Policy Making; Findings on the World Opiate Market; Suggestions for Leveraging Limited Policy Opportunities; Possible Futures for International Drug Policy; Appendix A: Legal Production of Opium; Appendix B: Average Consumption and Purity; Appendix C: Central Asia: Trafficking Revenues and Economic Dependency; Appendix D: Examples of Countries with Lax Enforcement; Notes; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Acknowledgements 1. Introduction Part I: The Development, Composition and Behavior of the World Opiate Market 2. The Past as Prologue: The Development of the World Opiate Market and Rise of the International Control Regime 3. 4. Did the Taliban's Ban Really Matter? 5. Keeping Track of Opiate Flows Part II: Country Studies 6. Afghanistan and Burma: The Two Dominant Producers 7. India: Diversion from Licit Cultivation 8. Colombia: The Emergence of a New Producer 9. Tajikistan: The Rise of a Narco-State Part III: Policy Analysis and Implications 10. The Theoretical and Practical
• Titolo autorizzato: The world heroin market
• ISBN: 0-19-971736-2; 1-281-99847-8; 9786611998479
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910465094803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studies in crime and public policy.