Illicit drugs : use and control / / Adrian Barton

• Autore: Barton Adrian
• 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
• 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: 1-134-00724-8; 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.: 9910789431803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II