Overview
- Outlines five steps that need to be taken in order to improve global drug policy –a topic that is under pressure for reform
- Offers an accessible and coherent analysis of the recent changes to the drugs debate
- Appeals to academics and students from a wide variety of disciplines including criminology, social policy, public health, addiction research, European studies, and politics
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This book examines the topical issue of global drug policy and outlines five steps that could be taken to improve its effectiveness. A public criminology approach is applied to explore not only what could be done, but also why it matters and how it could be achieved. It argues that more effective global drug policies require an acknowledgement of the failure of a war on drugs approach and the harms it has caused. Instead, strategies that reduce drug related harm should be prioritised. An innovative and diverse range of approaches should be developed that are underpinned by evaluation and dissemination of results. Finally, the horizons of the drug policy debate should be broadened. In line with the central aims of public criminology, this book provides an accessible contribution to global drug policy debates that links theory and practice and which will have appeal to a wide range of audiences.
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Caroline Chatwin is Reader in Criminology at the University of Kent, UK.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Towards More Effective Global Drug Policies
Authors: Caroline Chatwin
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92072-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-92071-9Published: 07 June 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-06356-6Published: 04 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-92072-6Published: 25 May 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 246
Topics: Crime Prevention, Human Rights and Crime , Social Policy, Transnational Crime, Public Health