Tough Choices
Subtitle: Risk, Security and the Criminalization of Drug Policy
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780199697236
Subjects: Narcotic laws; Drug abuse and crime; Justice, administration of, great britain
Description: In recent years, British drug policy has undergone a transformation: tackling 'drug-driven' crime through criminal justice interventions has arguably become the central priority and focus. The 'criminal justice turn', as the authors refer to current UK drugs policy, is based on three simple and linked assumptions: drug-driven property crime is a major driver of local area crime rates, especially in deprived neighbourhoods; the criminal justice system can be used to target these drug-motivated offenders and direct them into treatment; and treatment can lead to significant reductions in their offending. --Provided by publisher.