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EBOOK Tough Choices:Risk, Security and the Criminalization of Drug Policy
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Wydawnictwo: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780191634239
EAN: 0EB4D844EB
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Stron: 240
Data wydania: 2012
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In recent years, British drug policy has undergone a transformation: tackling        'drug-driven' crime through criminal justice interventions has arguably become the        central priority and focus. The 'criminal justice turn', as the authors refer to        current UK drugs policy, is based on three simple and linked assumptions:        drug-driven property crime is a major driver of local area crime rates, especially        in deprived neighbourhoods; the criminal justice system can be used to target        thesedrug-motivated offenders and direct them into treatment; and treatment can lead        to significant reductions in their offending.Tough Choices: Risk, Security and the        Criminalization of Drug Policy explores a series of questions about the 'criminal        justice' turn in British drugs policy, from why it happened at all to what led        policy to unfold in the way that it did, by analyzing policy documents and over 200        interviews conducted with key players in the policy development and implementation        process. At the practice level, the authors explore how the strategicvision of the        drug-crime 'problem' has shaped the ways in which drug-using offenders are        identified, targeted and managed - in other words, why the implementation of the        Drug Interventions Programme on the ground has taken the forms that it has. This is        addressed through a detailed examination of practice in three local areas. Both the        emergence of this newpolicy direction and its implementation in practice can best be        understood as part of a wider transformation in governance in which risk-based        thinking has become central to the ways in which we seek to address our contemporary        insecurities.The book is based on a 30-month ESRC-funded research project on the        Drug Interventions Programme and draws on the extensive empirical data generated        during the project.

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