Drugs and Crime: Evaluating Public Policy Initiatives

Drugs and Crime: Evaluating Public Policy Initiatives
ISBN-10
0803944578
ISBN-13
9780803944572
Series
Drugs and Crime
Category
Social Science / Criminology
Pages
316
Language
English
Published
1994-01-18
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Authors
Doris Layton MacKenzie, Craig D. Uchida

Description

(Publisher-supplied data) "Choose Drugs and Crime when you want a critical overview of public policy issues on law enforcement and regulation: It focuses on major policy initiatives and the implications of research conducted on their effectiveness. The evaluations of policy results are practical and focus on verifiable results." --The Midwest Book Review Addressing critical areas of drug control and system improvement, Drugs and Crime provides a clear and comprehensive examination of policy relevant research. Editors, MacKenzie and Uchida enlist outstanding experts in the field to produce a volume that explores the major problems related to drug trafficking and use. Each chapter focuses on a major policy initiative and discusses the problem area, policies designed to address the problem, research on the effectiveness of the policies, and policy implications of the research. Just how effective is the criminal justice system in its response to drug use by children and adolescents, prison overcrowding, backlog in the courts, increased criminal activity, youths in the drug distribution system, and serious illnesses such as AIDS? Policymakers, scholars, practitioners, and students will find the "what we know" and "what we need to know" presentations in Drugs and Crime a most unique and appealing addition to the literature and a valuable resource in the continuing effort to understand the complex relationship between drug use and crime.

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