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Informationen zum 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. Cassia Spohn is School Director and Foundation Professor of Criminal Justice at Arizona State University. She is the author of several books, including The Color of Justice: Race, Ethnicity, and Crime in America (with Sam Walker and Miriam DeLone) and How Do Judges Decide? The Search for Fairness and Equity in Sentencing. She has published a number of articles examining prosecutors’ charging decisions in sexual assault cases and exploring the effect of race/ethnicity on charging and sentencing decisions. Her current research interests include the effect of race and gender on court processing decisions, victim characteristics and case outcomes in sexual assault cases, judicial decision making, sentencing of drug offenders, and the deterrent effect of imprisonment. In 1999, she was awarded the University of Nebraska Outstanding Research and Creative Activity Award. Klappentext Drugs, Crime, and Justice is an engaging, yet comprehensive, analysis of the interrelationships among drug use/abuse, crime, and justice. The first four chapters introduce readers to the interrelationships between drugs and crime, while t Zusammenfassung Using a multidisciplinary perspective! the authors incorporate theory! empirical research and policy to provide readers with a full assessment of the interplay of drugs! crime and the criminal justice system. Inhaltsverzeichnis CHAPTER 1: DRUGS, CRIME, AND THE JUSTICE SYSTEM: OVERVIEW Drug Use in the United States Arrests and Incarceration for Drug-Related Crime The Connections among Drug Abuse, Crime, and the Criminal Justice System Goal of the Book and Overview of the Remaining Chapters CHAPTER 2: PSYCHOACTIVE DRUGS AND DRUG USE/ABUSE Basic Concepts about Psychoactive Drugs Tolerance, Dependence, Abuse and Addiction Drug Abuse and Drug Misuse Drug Dependence and Addiction Factors Influencing Drugs' Effects on Behavior and Mood Classes of Drugs and the Drug Enforcement Administration Schedules Classes and Types of Illegal Drugs and Their Effects Marijuana Focus on an Issue: Marijuana as the "Gateway Drug"? Central Nervous System Depressants: Opiates Heroin Synthetic Opiates (Opioids) Sedative-Hypnotics Stimulant Drugs Cocaine Crack Cocaine Amphetamines Methamphetamine Hallucinogens Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD) Psilocybin (Mushrooms) and Peyote (Mescaline) Phencyclidine (PCP) Club Drugs Summary: Psychoactive Drugs and Their Effects CHAPTER 3: THEORIES OF DRUG USE AND ABUSE Explaining Drug Use and Abuse Is Addiction a Moral Problem or a Disease? Biological and Genetic Theories Psychological Theories Sociological Theories Summary: Theories of Drug Use and Abuse CHAPTER 4: DRUG ABUSE AND CRIME The Drugs-Crime Connection Drug Use Among Offenders Drug Use Among Offender...
