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Author Kalunta-Crumpton, Anita, 1962-

Title Drugs, victims and race : the politics of drug control / Anita Kalunta-Crumpton.

Publication Info. Winchester, UK : Waterside Press ; Portland, Or. : Distributed in North America by International Specialized Book Services (ISBS), 2006.

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 160 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-154) and index.
Contents Race and the prosecution of drug offences in Crown Court Trials -- Drug use: social characteristics, policy and practice -- Drugs supply: representations in discourse, policy and practice -- Visible minority ethnic community issues in problematic drug use -- Double invisibility: the case of Italian and Portuguese problem drug use -- The drug problem as a global phenomenon -- Is there a way forward?
Summary A book that offers a fresh perspective on discourse around the 'drug problem' - in which Anita Kalunta-Crumpton explores common but frequently misleading themes concerning an aspect of criminal justice that know no racial, ethnic, gender, class, age, geographical or other barriers. She also provides an outline of UK drugs strategy from its class-oriented beginnings in the nineteenth century - through later expansion and pre-occupation with explanations based around race - up until the present day, causing her to ask: Who are the real victims of drugs, drug trafficking and drug supply? The book examines the 'drug problem' in the context of UK strategies and as a global phenomenon. Set against the backdrop of race and the politics of drug control, it looks at a range of events and issues from the supply end of the drugs chain through enforcement and court proceedings to treatment approaches re addicts and other drug users. Anita Kalunta-Crumpton also goes beyond myths, stereotypes and assumptions to look at the real life issues and social characteristics that affect the trafficking, supply and use of drugs.
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Subject Drug abuse -- Government policy -- Great Britain.
Drug abuse -- Government policy.
Minorities -- Drug use.
Great Britain.
Drug abuse.
Drug traffic -- Great Britain.
Drug traffic.
Drug control -- Great Britain.
Drug control.
Minorities -- Drug use -- Great Britain.
Ethnic groups -- Drug use -- Great Britain.
Ethnic groups.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Kalunta-Crumpton, Anita, 1962- Drugs, victims and race. Winchester, UK : Waterside Press ; Portland, Or. : Distributed in North America by International Specialized Book Services (ISBS), 2006 1904380182 (DLC) 2006281675 (OCoLC)64555882
ISBN 9781906534134 (electronic book)
1906534136 (electronic book)
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