Drug-Crime Connections

Informationen zum Autor Dr. Trevor Bennett is Professor of Criminology and Director of the Centre for Criminology at the University of Glamorgan. He has published widely in the area of drug use and crime, most recently as co-author of Understanding Drugs, Alcohol and Crime (2005) with Katy Holloway and as a contributor to Substance Use and Misuse, the British Journal of Criminology and the Journal of Psychoactive Drugs. Dr. Katy Holloway is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Criminology, University of Glamorgan. She is also a Lecturer on the M.Sc. in Criminology and Criminal Justice program. She has published widely in the area of drug use and crime, most recently as co-author of Understanding Drugs, Alcohol and Crime (2005) with Trevor Bennett and as a contributor to Substance Use and Misuse, the British Journal of Criminology and the Journal of Psychoactive Drugs. Zusammenfassung The book examines the connections between drug misuse and crime. Based on the results of nearly 5!000 interviews from the New English and Welsh Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring (NEW-ADAM) programme! it explores specific drug-crime connections and topics such as gender! ethnicity! gangs! guns! drug markets! and treatment needs. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. Introduction: 1. Background; 2. Research methods; Part II. Drug Misuse among Criminals: 3. Drug misuse among arrestees; 4. Drugs and health; Part III. Drug-Crime Affinities: 5. Drugs and crime; 6. Disaggregating the drugs-crime relationship; 7. Multiple drug use and crime; 8. Users' perceptions of the drugs-crime link; Part IV. Special Topics: 9. Gender, drugs, and crime; 10. Ethnicity, drugs, and crime; 11. Gangs and gang members; 12. Gun possession and use; 13. Drug markets; 14. Assisted desistance and treatment needs; 15. International comparisons; Part V. Conclusions: 16. Conclusions.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Trevor Bennett, Trevor (University of Glamorgan) Bennett, Trevor (University of Glamorgan) Holloway Bennett, Trevor Holloway Bennett, Bennett Trevor, Katy Holloway, Katy (University of Glamorgan) Holloway, Holloway Katy
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 24.09.2007
• EAN: 9780521687140
• ISBN: 978-0-521-68714-0
• Pagine: 374
• Serie: Cambridge Studies in Criminology; Cambridge Studies in Criminolo; Cambridge Studies in Criminology
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues, LAW / Drugs & the Law, Drug & substance abuse: social aspects, Drugs trade / drug trafficking, Drugs and alcohol: social aspects, Causes & Prevention Of Crime, Causes and prevention of crime