Drug Law Enforcement Policing And Harm Reduction

Author : Matthew Bacon,Jack Spicer
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2022-12-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000828382

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Drug Law Enforcement, Policing and Harm Reduction by Matthew Bacon,Jack Spicer Pdf

The policing of drugs is an intriguing, complex, and contentious domain that brings into sharp focus the multifaceted nature of the police role and has farreaching consequences for health, crime, and justice. While research on drugs policing has historically been surprisingly sparse, fragmented, and underdeveloped, the field has recently become a burgeoning area of academic study, influenced by contemporary trends in policing practices, changes in drug policy, and wider social movements. This book makes a much-needed interdisciplinary and international contribution that engages with established and emerging areas of scholarship, advances cutting-edge debates, and sets an agenda for future directions in drugs policing. Drug Law Enforcement, Policing and Harm Reduction is the first edited collection to devote its attention exclusively to drugs policing. It brings together a range of leading scholars to provide a deep and thorough account of the current state of knowledge. In addition to academic analysis, authors also include serving police officers and policymakers, who have influenced how drugs policing is framed and carried out. Together, the contributors draw on a diverse set of empirical studies and theoretical perspectives, with the thread running throughout the book being the concept of harm reduction policing. With accounts from various countries, localities, and contexts, topics covered include the (in)effectiveness and (un)intended consequences of the ‘war on drugs’, attempts to reform drugs policing, and the role of partnerships and policy networks. The broader theme of inequality lies at the heart of this collection. An accessible and compelling read, this book will be of interest to academics and students of criminology, public health, and social policy, especially those researching policing, drug policy, and harm reduction. It also offers valuable insights and practical guidance for professionals working in the drugs field.

Author : Matthew Bacon,Jack Spicer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2022-12-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0367722690

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Drug Law Enforcement, Policing and Harm Reduction by Matthew Bacon,Jack Spicer Pdf

This book makes a much-needed interdisciplinary and international contribution that engages with established and emerging areas of scholarship, advances cutting-edge debates, and sets an agenda for future directions in drugs policing.

Author : Karim Murji
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2019-01-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780429833151

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Policing Drugs by Karim Murji Pdf

First published in 1998, this influential volume develops previous research by the author and explores issues and solutions regarding the roles of law enforcement, drug referral and official and media reactions. Section one analyzes the rationale for drug enforcement and evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of four main approaches. It looks at the pressure on the police to take action in local drugs markets, particularly within a context where the police emphasize their responsiveness to public demands in a more "consumerist" age. Section two examines welfarist policies directed towards drug users and minor drug offenders. Section 3 focuses on the media and coverage of crack-cocaine and ecstasy in the 1990s - particularly where these have been based upon police briefings and reports.

Author : Jack Spicer
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2020-10-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030541934

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Policing County Lines by Jack Spicer Pdf

The County Lines phenomenon has become one of the most significant drug market developments in the UK over recent years. This book analyses how it is being responded to by the police in affected provincial areas. Drawing on unique ethnographic fieldwork, it takes readers into police stations and out onto the streets with officers, providing timely insight into the policing of this high profile and challenging drug market context. The book considers the use of new police tactics that have been proposed and familiar methods that officers regularly embarked on. Through a sophisticated theoretical framework it argues that the policing of County Lines can often be considered ‘symbolic’, with concerns regularly placed on sending out strong messages that appear superficial when closely examined. Alongside this, however, there appears to be a progressive shift towards a more pragmatic drugs policing approach that embraces harm reduction principles.This cutting-edge research speaks to academics in Criminology and Policing, and to practitioners and policy makers.

Author : Jonathan Paul Caulkins,H John III. Heinz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 12 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : Drug abuse
ISBN : 0731326407

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Law Enforcement's Role in a Harm Reduction Regime by Jonathan Paul Caulkins,H John III. Heinz Pdf

Author : Chris Canty,John Acres
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Community policing
ISBN : 0642474125

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Evaluation of a Community-based Drug Law Enforcement Model for Intersectoral Harm Reduction by Chris Canty,John Acres Pdf

Author : Brian K. Payne,Randy R. Gainey
Publisher : Charles C Thomas Publisher
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780398075477

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Drugs and Policing by Brian K. Payne,Randy R. Gainey Pdf

This book fills a void in the literature by examining from a scientific perspective the official police response to drugs, drug use, abuse, and dealing and how the different levels of police agencies process drug cases. Current drug texts simply do not address the drug problem from a criminal justice or criminological perspective in a clear, consistent fashion. At the beginning of each chapter, a series of critical thinking questions is provided. Throughout each chapter, a series of tables, figures, and charts are used to illustrate themes considered. With these items, critical thinking questions are included below each respective item. The text also makes use of Internet technology, inasmuch as students are referred to recommended Internet sites throughout each chapter. Many of these Internet sites deal with pharmacological and biological aspects of drug use. Three unique pedagogical features of the book will help students learn various drug-related issues. First, a box insert titled 'In the Streets' appears in each chapter that includes a discussion about some aspects of drug use related to the chapter's focus. A second box titled 'Tabloid Justice' also appears in each chapter discussing a particular celebrity's battles with drug abuse as it was considered in the press. A third box, 'Drugs and Research,' in each chapter highlights a specific drug study that should be of interest to students. This book will appeal to a number of criminal justice, criminology, and sociology program courses on drug abuse. Professionals interested in learning more about the criminal justice response to the drug problem, as well as police academies may also find the book useful.

Author : Catherine Spooner,Mark McPherson,Wayne Hall
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Drug abuse
ISBN : 0642474249

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The Role of Policing in Preventing and Minimising Illicit Drug Use and Its Harms by Catherine Spooner,Mark McPherson,Wayne Hall Pdf

Author : Philip Bean,David K. Whynes
Publisher : Springer
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2016-07-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781349114511

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Policing and Prescribing by Philip Bean,David K. Whynes Pdf

This book comprises of fourteen specially commissioned essays on the theme of drug abuse and the control of drug use in Britain. It analyses and appraises the two strands of that which has been termed the 'British system' of control, namely, prescription to, and rehabilitation of, registered users and enforcement action against illegal users. It also examines issues of contemporary relevance in the drug control debate, including the economics of drug control, drug education, the impact of AIDS, new trends in legislation and decriminalisation.

Author : Matthew Bacon
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2017-02-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780191511219

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Taking Care of Business by Matthew Bacon Pdf

Taking Care of Business: Police Detectives, Drug Law Enforcement and Proactive Investigation offers a rich and insightful empirical study of drug investigations, based on extensive fieldwork undertaken with the specialist detective units of two English police services. It fills a significant gap in criminological literature by providing a timely and thought-provoking ethnography of detective culture, investigative practice, and drug law enforcement. Drawing on data collected from over five hundred hours of direct observation of ordinary police work, both on and off the streets, the chapters are skilfully interwoven with fieldnotes, informal conversations, interviews and analysis of official documents. Taken together, they explore how police officers perceive the drug world and their role in it, translate policy from its written form into action, and utilise intelligence-led policing strategies to instigate covert operations and make cases. There is in-depth examination of the everyday realities of the 'war on drugs', alongside the associated working rules, tacit understandings and underlying assumptions that operate behind the public face of police organizations. The book also critically examines the most pertinent legislative initiatives, organizational reforms, and shifts in thinking concerning the values, objectives and norms of policing that have occurred over recent decades, which, between them, have contributed to significant changes in the ways that detectives are trained and investigations are controlled and carried out. With highly salient insights regarding operational policing and drug control policy in the current social, economic and political climate, Taking Care of Business is a compelling and important work on contemporary criminal investigation and the policing of drugs. It will be of interest to scholars of criminology, sociology, law, and policy studies, especially those researching and studying policing, regulation, surveillance, drug control policy and the informal economy, as well as policymakers, police practitioners, and criminal justice professionals.

Author : Susan C. Boyd,Connie I. Carter,Donald MacPherson
Publisher : Fernwood Publishing
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2017-01-19T00:00:00Z
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781552668627

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More Harm Than Good by Susan C. Boyd,Connie I. Carter,Donald MacPherson Pdf

In More Harm Than Good, Carter, Boyd and MacPherson take a critical look at the current state of Canadian drug policy and raise key questions about the effects of Canada’s increasing involvement in and commitment to the “war on drugs.” A primer on Canadian drug policy, the analysis in More Harm Than Good is shaped by critical sociology and feminist perspectives on drugs and incorporates insights not only from individuals who are on the front lines of drug policy in Canada — treatment and service workers — but also from those who live with the consequences of that policy on a daily basis — people who use criminalized drugs. Finally, the authors propose realistic alternatives to today’s failed policy approach. “Your book really expanded thinking and understanding and had a big influence on students critical and reflective thought. Readings sparked rich conversations about their own hopes and wishes for the field, broader social and political responses and the impact on youth and families affected by substances.” - Stephanie McCune, University of Victoria Please note: an error occurred with the printing of this book, and one of the sidebars was not printed. It is available to download here. We sincerely apologize for this oversight.

Author : Daniel Sabet
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2012-05-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780804782067

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Police Reform in Mexico by Daniel Sabet Pdf

The urgent need to professionalize Mexican police has been recognized since the early 1990s, but despite even the most well-intentioned promises from elected officials and police chiefs, few gains have been made in improving police integrity. Why have reform efforts in Mexico been largely unsuccessful? This book seeks to answer the question by focusing on Mexico's municipal police, which make up the largest percentage of the country's police forces. Indeed, organized crime presents a major obstacle to institutional change, with criminal groups killing hundreds of local police in recent years. Nonetheless, Daniel Sabet argues that the problems of Mexican policing are really problems of governance. He finds that reform has suffered from a number of policy design and implementation challenges. More importantly, the informal rules of Mexican politics have prevented the continuity of reform efforts across administrations, allowed patronage appointments to persist, and undermined anti-corruption efforts. Although many advances have been made in Mexican policing, weak horizontal and vertical accountability mechanisms have failed to create sufficient incentives for institutional change. Citizens may represent the best hope for counterbalancing the toxic effects of organized crime and poor governance, but the ambivalent relationship between citizens and their police must be overcome to break the vicious cycle of corruption and ineffectiveness.

Author : Mike Collison
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Law
ISBN : UOM:39015035022501

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Police, Drugs, and Community by Mike Collison Pdf

This book reveals how drug squads work and the consequences of drug busting.

Author : Toby Seddon,Lisa Williams,Robert Ralphs
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2012-05-16
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780191634239

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Tough Choices by Toby Seddon,Lisa Williams,Robert Ralphs Pdf

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 these drug-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 strategic vision 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 new policy 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.

Author : Julia Buxton,Giavana Margo,Lona Burger
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2020-11-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781839828829

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The Impact of Global Drug Policy on Women by Julia Buxton,Giavana Margo,Lona Burger Pdf

The ebook edition of this title is Open Access and freely available to read online. Examining the impact of drug criminalisation on a previously overlooked demographic, this book argues that women are disproportionately affected by a flawed policy approach.