Illicit Drugs: Use and Control

Illicit drugs and their use are now, more than ever, a dominant concern of politicians, policy makers and the general public. Often, our understandings of the 'drug problem' tend to be uni-dimensional and based around particular areas of risk: drug related crime, dependency and ill-health. This book moves beyond this single issue approach and locates illicit drug use in its wider context, with chapters on:  the history of illicit drug use  measuring the 'problem' legal and medical responses to illicit drug use the illicit drugs market drugs, crime and trends in drug policy. Drawing information from wide-ranging sources, Adrian Barton illuminates the complex nature and broad impact illicit drug use carries in its wake and provides an overview of the contemporary state of the drug 'scene'. This book will be essential reading for students and researchers working in the area of drugs and society.

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Barton, Adrian

Addiction & Recovery

Routledge

Illicit Drugs: Use and control

Illicit drugs and their use are a dominant concern of politicians, policy makers and the general public. As such, this second edition of the popular Illicit Drugs: Use and Control provides a timely, up-to-date discussion of the key issues raised in the first edition, whilst also providing new chapters which address: <ul>
<li>Class, gender and race</li> <li>The geo-politics of illicit drug production and distribution</li> <li>Britain’s drug use within a global context</li> </ul>
Drawing information from wide-ranging sources, Adrian Barton illuminates the complex nature and broad impact illicit drug use carries in its wake and provides an overview of the contemporary state of the drug 'scene'. This accessible book, with its inclusion of new pedagogical features, will be essential reading for students and researchers working in the area of drugs and society.

The Policy Making Process in the Criminal Justice System

How the state ‘deals with’ crime and criminality is a major issue for all students of criminology and criminal justice. This book offers a fresh perspective on the policy making process in the criminal justice system of England and Wales by presenting a detailed overview of both the theory behind it and how it plays out in practise with contemporary policy examples.  The key features of this text include a detailed analysis of the basic political concepts surrounding the relationship between the citizen and the state as well as an overview of the state departments, organizations and individuals who are instrumental in creating and influencing policy. This book also analyses how criminal justice policy is interpreted and implemented on the street and comprises a range of discussion points and suggested further readings.  By taking a unique criminal justice focussed approach to policy making, this text is perfect for the undergraduate taking modules in criminology, criminal justice, policing, the voluntary sector and social and public policy. It will also be of interest to those who are taking more vocational routes and practitioners.

Politics & Social Sciences

Johns, Nick

Social Sciences

The rise of New Public Management and the fragmentation of agencies that resulted created unprecedented new tensions and problems in multi-agency work. This book provides an insight into the workings of a large multi-agency committee, exploring the manner in which different agencies brought their own agendas, organizational structures and world-views to a multi-agency forum and expected working relationships to be relatively problem free. Charting the development of child protection in the UK, it explores the problems and prospects of both multi-agency working and new public management, under the auspices of "joint working" initiatives. It offers an insight into how members of an area child protection committee viewed working with others, drawing on detailed comments and quotes from those directly involved.

Managing Fragmentation: An Area Child Protection Committee in a Time of Change (Welfare and Society)

Politics & Government

Ashgate Pub Ltd

This title was first published in 2002: The rise of New Public Management and the fragmentation of agencies that resulted, created unprecedented new tensions and problems in multi-agency work. This book provides a fascinating insight into the workings of a large multi-agency committee, exploring the manner in which different agencies brought their own agendas, organizational structures and world-views to a multi-agency forum and expected working relationships to be relatively problem free. Charting the development of child protection in the UK, it explores the problems and prospects of both multi-agency working and new public management, under the auspices of joint working initiatives. It offers a unique insight into how members of an area child protection committee viewed working with others, drawing on detailed comments and quotes from those directly involved.

Managing Fragmentation: An Area Child Protection Committee in a Time of Change (Routledge Revivals)

Reference

This book is about trust as a political and cultural phenomenon set in the UK during the New Labour administrations of 1997-2010. There is a temptation to see the period between 2007 and 2010 as post-New Labour and that New Labour neatly corresponds with the stewardship of Tony Blair. We are not working with this understanding, rather we see the whole period defined by 'New Labourism' for want of a better term. Having tried to be as clear as possible about our scope and intentions, we now turn to a brief overview of why trust became (and remains) so critical in our chosen time and place.

Trust and Substitutes For Trust: The Case of Britian Under New Labour (European Political, Economic, and Security Issues)

Green, Alison

Squire, Greta

Nova Science Pub Inc

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Illicit Drugs: Use and Control

Illicit Drugs: Use and Control

Illicit Drugs: Use and control

Illicit Drugs: Use and control

The Policy Making Process in the Criminal Justice System

The Policy Making Process in the Criminal Justice System

Managing Fragmentation: An Area Child Protection Committee in a Time of Change (Welfare and Society)

Illicit Drugs: Use and Control

Managing Fragmentation: An Area Child Protection Committee in a Time of Change (Routledge Revivals)

Trust and Substitutes For Trust: The Case of Britian Under New Labour (European Political, Economic, and Security Issues)