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
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: xiii, 374 p. : ill., maps
• Disciplina: 363.45
• Soggetto topico: Heroin abuse; Drug abuse; Drug traffic; Drug control
• Altri autori: GreenfieldVictoria A. <1964-> ReuterPeter <1944->
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-358) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- 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 -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book is the first attempt to describe and analyze the world opiate market. It looks at how the Taliban achieved a cutback in heroin production in Afghanistan--a longtime goal of national and international drug policy agencies--and how that cutback impacted the very robust global market for the drug. Based on this and other country studies, the authors show that internationally-supported interventions on the supply-side can open up limited opportunities for curbing consumption.
• 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.: 9910821870703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studies in crime and public policy.