Tough Choices: Risk, Security and the Criminalization of Drug Policy
- ISBN-10
- 0191742309
- ISBN-13
- 9780191742309
- Series
- Tough Choices
- Category
- Drug abuse and crime / Great Britain
- Pages
- 235
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012
- Author
- Toby Seddon
Description
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 thesedrug-motivated offenders and direct them into treatment; and treatment can lead to significant reductions in their off.
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