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Cannabis Criminology explores the prohibition, decriminalization, and liberalization of cannabis policy through the lens of criminological and sociological theory, essential concepts, and cannabis research.
Sommario
1 Cannabis Criminology: An Introduction
2 Law, Society, and Social Control
3 Police and Policing Cannabis
4 Race, Ethnicity, and Criminalization
5 The Economics of Cannabis
6 Cannabis Use and Crime
7 Cannabis Criminology: Back to the Future
Info autore
Johannes Wheeldon has more than 20 years of experience in criminal justice, including teaching in prisons; working with those deemed at high risk to re-offend; and designing, conducting, and managing justice reform projects worldwide. He has worked with the American Bar Association, the Canadian International Development Agency, the Open Society Foundations, and the World Bank. Wheeldon has published 6 books and more than 30 peer-reviewed papers on criminal justice, restorative justice, organizational change, and evaluation. He is an adjunct professor at Acadia University. In 2022, he edited Visual Criminology: From History and Methods to Critique and Policy, published by Routledge.
Jon Heidt is an Associate Professor of Criminology at the University of the Fraser Valley in British Columbia, Canada. Dr Heidt has studied criminological theories, drug policy, and drug using behavior for over 20 years and has taught criminology courses at several different academic institutions in British Columbia. He is also an associate of the International Centre for Criminal Law Reform & Criminal Justice Policy. He has co-authored several books including Introducing Criminological Thinking: Maps, Theories and Understanding and Youth Crime Prevention and Sports (with Yvon Dandurand).
Riassunto
Cannabis Criminology explores the prohibition, decriminalization, and liberalization of cannabis policy through the lens of criminological and sociological theory, essential concepts, and cannabis research.
