Taking Care of Business - Police Detectives, Drug Law Enforcement and Proactive Investigation

Zusatztext This fine grained, witty and surprisingly mature work illustrates not only the world of detectives, but also the rich contours of the drug markets that they are tasked with policing. Ethnography rather than metrics enables us to unpack this intricate universe, and Bacon's study of specialist covert drug squads in 'Smallville' and 'Metropolis' allows us to understand the complexity of the relationship between enforcement and illicit markets. Informationen zum Autor Matthew Bacon is a Lecturer in Criminology and a member of the Centre for Criminological Research at the University of Sheffield. His research interests include police culture, criminal investigation, drug control policy and the informal economy. Klappentext Offers an insightful study of specialist detective units assigned to investigating drug offences, based on extensive fieldwork undertaken in two English police service areas, with in-depth analysis of the everyday realities of the 'war on drugs' and the underlying assumptions that operate beneath the presentational canopy of police organisations. Zusammenfassung Offers an insightful study of specialist detective units assigned to investigating drug offences, based on extensive fieldwork undertaken in two English police service areas, with in-depth analysis of the everyday realities of the 'war on drugs' and the underlying assumptions that operate beneath the presentational canopy of police organisations. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: The Drug Detectives 2: Policing the 'Drug Problem' 3: The Illegal Drug Business 4: Investigating the Investigators: Research Methodology 5: The Police on Drugs 6: Intelligence-Led Investigation 7: Licensing Criminals 8: Making Cases 9: Detecting Change and the Future of Drug Law Enforcement

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Matthew Bacon, Matthew (Lecturer in Criminology Bacon, Bacon Matthew
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 09.06.2016
• EAN: 9780199687381
• ISBN: 978-0-19-968738-1
• Seiten: 310
• Serien: Clarendon Studies in Criminology; Clarendon Studies in Criminolo
• Themen: Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Soziologie > Soziologische Theorien; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Law Enforcement, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, LAW / Drugs & the Law, Drug & substance abuse: social aspects, Drugs trade / drug trafficking, Police & security services, Criminal investigation & detection, Criminal investigation and detection, Drugs and alcohol: social aspects, Police and security services