Drugs and violence
Subtitle: police departments under siege.
Contributors: Police Foundation (U.S.); Ford Foundation
Publisher: Police Foundation
Published: 1989
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Subjects: Drug control -- United States -- Congresses; Drug traffic -- United States -- Congresses; Law enforcement -- United States -- Congresses; Crime prevention -- United States -- Congresses; Violent crimes -- United States -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses
Other titles: Police departments under siege
Notes: "A Police Foundation series on drugs and violence and the impact on the nation's police."

"The Police Departments under Siege Conference was made possible through funding from the Ford Foundation."
Table of contents: value: Issue 1. Victory will come slowly : fight must be on all fronts / James Q. Wilson..; value: Issue 2. If past is prologue, drug epidemic may weaken / David F. Musto.; value: Issue 3. Gangs and crime old as time : but drugs change gang culture / Jerome H. Skolnick,; value: Issue 4. Administration officials call for local, federal collaboration.; value: Issue 5. Police officials identify strategies for drug traffic control programs / James Ginger.; value: Issue 6. Politics, passion confuse issue : local initiatives offer some hope / David J. Bellis.; value: Issue 7. Police chiefs urged to wage economic warfare on drug lords / Benjamin Ward