Steven Belenko

Drugs, Crime, and Justice

Buch

Split into two sections, the first four chapters introduce readers to the interrelationships between drugs and crime, while the second section provides readers with an overview of historical and contemporary policies, as well as a comprehensive review of research on policing drug markets, arresting drug offenders, and prosecution and sentencing of drug offenders in state and federal courts. The authors also examine and assess the impact of the war on drugs and conclude with a discussion of recent policy changes such as drug courts and reform/repeal of mandatory minimum sentences and an examination of new and emerging drug policies in the 21st… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Spohn, Cassia

ISBN: 978-1-4522-7708-0
EAN: 9781452277080
Produktnummer: 23497166
Verlag: Sage Pubn
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
Seitenangabe: 323 S.
Masse: H22.9 cm x B18.5 cm x D2.0 cm 544 g
Gewicht: 544

Über den Autor

Steven Belenko is Professor in the Temple University Department of Criminal Justice and adjunct Professor at the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. He has conducted extensive research and published widely on drug abuse and crime, the impact of substance abuse on the adult and juvenile justice systems, drug policy, and developing and testing organizational change strategies to improve the implementation of drug treatment for offenders. In addition to numerous articles and book chapters, he is the sole author of two books on drug policy and coauthor of a recent book on implementation of drug treatment in community corrections. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Experimental Criminology.