Drug Crime
Published on 15. January 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
250 pages
978-1-4496-9892-8 (ISBN)
Description
Part of the Jones & Bartlett Learning Crime Types Series
This first entry will deal specifically with drug crimes, which is a very hot topic in the field right now. In the multiplicity of textbooks that exist in the topical area of drugs and society, no current text takes a comprehensive approach to examine all types of drug related crime including drug use, the illicit marketplace, and the ancillary crime that exists in this realm. Drug Crime surveys the research on this area that blossomed in the 1980s and gives a current analysis of the various kinds of crimes that can be deemed 'drug-related,' offers theoretical explanations, examines how victims and offenders are often closely intertwined, and investigates how to ameliorate the problem from a variety of angles.
This first entry will deal specifically with drug crimes, which is a very hot topic in the field right now. In the multiplicity of textbooks that exist in the topical area of drugs and society, no current text takes a comprehensive approach to examine all types of drug related crime including drug use, the illicit marketplace, and the ancillary crime that exists in this realm. Drug Crime surveys the research on this area that blossomed in the 1980s and gives a current analysis of the various kinds of crimes that can be deemed 'drug-related,' offers theoretical explanations, examines how victims and offenders are often closely intertwined, and investigates how to ameliorate the problem from a variety of angles.