Understanding Drugs, Alcohol and Crime
Published on 16. May 2005
Book
Hardback
200 pages
978-0-335-21258-3 (ISBN)
Description
What is the connection between drugs, alcohol and crime?
What works in reducing drugs and alcohol-related crime?
The book provides a succinct overview of current theory and research on the links between drugs, alcohol use and crime. It discusses the legal and social context of drug and alcohol use and identifies current levels of consumption. Focusing on the UK context, it also takes into account international research where appropriate.
Detailed review of the research literature on the connections between drug use and crime
Examines the current government anti-drugs policy and assesses the effectiveness of programmes that have been used to reduce drug and alcohol-related crime.
The book concludes that future government drugs policy should pay particular attention to the lessons learned from research on the connection between drug and alcohol use and crime. Ideal for criminology, criminal justice, social policy and social work students, this book will also be a useful source of information for policy makers, the police, probation workers, social workers, drugs and alcohol counsellors, treatment agencies, sentencers, voluntary agencies, Drug Action Teams, and others with an interest in research on drugs and crime.
What works in reducing drugs and alcohol-related crime?
The book provides a succinct overview of current theory and research on the links between drugs, alcohol use and crime. It discusses the legal and social context of drug and alcohol use and identifies current levels of consumption. Focusing on the UK context, it also takes into account international research where appropriate.
Detailed review of the research literature on the connections between drug use and crime
Examines the current government anti-drugs policy and assesses the effectiveness of programmes that have been used to reduce drug and alcohol-related crime.
The book concludes that future government drugs policy should pay particular attention to the lessons learned from research on the connection between drug and alcohol use and crime. Ideal for criminology, criminal justice, social policy and social work students, this book will also be a useful source of information for policy makers, the police, probation workers, social workers, drugs and alcohol counsellors, treatment agencies, sentencers, voluntary agencies, Drug Action Teams, and others with an interest in research on drugs and crime.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Milton Keynes
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 251 mm
Width: 175 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
542 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-335-21258-3 (9780335212583)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Trevor Bennett and Katy Holloway are both based at the University of Glamorgan.
Content
Preface
Series editor's foreword
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: The nature of the problem
Chapter 2: Policy context: from defining to reducing harm
Chapter 3: Extent of drug misuse
Chapter 4: Types of drug misuse
Chapter 5: Explaining the drugs-crime connection
Chapter 6: The statistical association: just coincidence?
Chapter 7: The causal connection: more than coincidence?
Chapter 8: The effectiveness of interventions
Chapter 9: The nature of the solution
References
Index
Series editor's foreword
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: The nature of the problem
Chapter 2: Policy context: from defining to reducing harm
Chapter 3: Extent of drug misuse
Chapter 4: Types of drug misuse
Chapter 5: Explaining the drugs-crime connection
Chapter 6: The statistical association: just coincidence?
Chapter 7: The causal connection: more than coincidence?
Chapter 8: The effectiveness of interventions
Chapter 9: The nature of the solution
References
Index