Drugs and Crime

A Complex Relationship. Third revised and expanded edition

Serge Brochu, Natacha Brunelle, Chantal Plourde, Julie da Silva

• Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
• Year: 2018
• Topic: Social Sciences
• eBook ISBN:
  9780776626345
• Subtopic: Criminology
• Index: Social Sciences

Discussing illegal drugs without taking into account its criminal context is a difficult proposition. Certain questions come back repeatedly: Does doing drugs really lead to delinquency? Do some drugs have criminal properties? Why would a drug addict turn to crime? What are the best methods of intervention in dealing with individuals who have serious drug habits?

The third edition of Drogue et criminalité : Une relation complexe (Les Presses de l'Université de Montréal), translated here for the first time in English, presents an overview of the complex relationship between drugs and crime, avoids cursory affirmations to the effect that psychoactive substance use necessarily leads to crime. It also sheds light on the political and legislative contexts tied to drugs and offers an exceptional synthesis of the research literature of the past 20 years. The authors also discuss the increased attention to illegal drug users and people with addictions and describe the different supports that are available to them.

Published in English.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Halftitle Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• List of Figures and Tables
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Chapter 1: Links Between Drugs and Crime in Facts and Figures
• Chapter 2: Drugs: A Detailed Criminogenic Profile
• Chapter 3: The Legal and Political Landscape
• Chapter 4: Proximal and Distal Models: A Static Conceptualization
• Chapter 5: Trajectories: A Dynamic Conceptualization
• Chapter 6: Deviant Lifestyles: An Integrated Conceptualization
• Chapter 7: Treating Addicts in the Criminal Justice System
• Conclusion
• References
• Authors and Translator