NCJ Number
168395
Editor(s)
M McShane,
F P Williams III
Date Published
1997
Length
458 pages
Annotation
This volume contains a series of essays on various aspects of drug use in the United States and differing policy initiatives for dealing with the problem.
Abstract
The articles in this volume discuss the following topics: (1) street crime and drug use in American politics; (2) correctional alternatives for drug offenders; (3) the crack era; (4) the effectiveness of drug abuse resistance education; (5) drug treatment in the criminal justice system; (6) the validity of drug use reports from juvenile arrestees; (7) the Medellin Cartel; (8) anti-drug policies of the 1980s, wrongful convictions and sentencing disparities; (9) recent research on the crack/cocaine/crime connection; (10) the social construction of a drug panic; (11) toleration in drug control policy; (12) what might happen if kidnapping becomes a recognized tool of international law enforcement; (13) an analytical framework of the drugs-crime relationship; (14) assessment of asset forfeiture programs; (15) alternatives to drug prohibition; (16) female participation in the cocaine economy; (17) the punitive trend of American drug policy; (18) drug use of San Francisco gang drug sellers; and (19) drugs in rural areas. Notes, figures, tables, references, appendixes, cases cited, bibliography