Legalising drugs
eBook - ePub

Legalising drugs

Debates and dilemmas

  1. 168 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Legalising drugs

Debates and dilemmas

About this book

Government policy has steadfastly been against drug legalisation, but increasingly critics have argued that this is unsustainable.This book is a timely examination of the issues this raises.

Numerous suggestions have been offered. Some seek complete legalisation, others a more modified form, yet still others want an increasing commitment to harm reduction policies.

Philip Bean examines the implications of these proposals for individuals, especially juveniles, and for society, when set against crime reduction claims.He concludes with the necessary questions a rational drug policy must answer.

The book will be essential reading for students and academics in criminology, sociology and social policy, as well as policy makers, practitioners and the general public.

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Information

Publisher
Policy Press
Year
2010
eBook ISBN
9781447300656
Edition
1

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Dedication
  6. Preface
  7. 1 Introduction
  8. 2 Prohibition, economic liberalism and legal moralism
  9. 3 Harm reduction, medicalisation and decriminalisation
  10. 4 Legalisation and crime
  11. 5 The special problem of juveniles
  12. 6 The community, the personal and the commercial
  13. 7 Some concluding thoughts
  14. Bibliography
  15. Notes