Legalising Drugs: Debates and Dilemmas
Regularly, there are calls to legalize illegal drugs, such as cannabis and ecstasy. Those who support legalization argue that the problem is prohibition and that legalization will solve all the problems, such as crime, ill-health, and so on. But this argument is another oversimplification. Legalization needs to be more carefully assessed before changing the existing system. Written by a well-respected criminologist, this book is a polemic piece on a very topical issue. The book examines the implications of legalization. It carefully analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of each of the current viewpoints on the legalization of drugs, including…
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- ISBN: 978-1-84742-375-7
- EAN: 9781847423757
- Produktnummer: 21104152
- Verlag: Policy Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
- Seitenangabe: 157 S.
- Masse: H19.6 cm x B12.7 cm x D1.0 cm 181 g
- Gewicht: 181
Über den Autor
Philip Bean is Emeritus Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Loughborough University and a former director of the Midlands Centre for Criminology and Criminal Justice. He is the author/editor of numerous books and articles, mainly in the fields of drugs and crime and mental disorder and crime. He has held visiting professorships in Canada, the US and Australia and was, from 2000 to 2005, an associate of the General Medical Council. From 1993 to 1999 he was secretary, and later president, of the British Society of Criminology.
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