Description
Book SynopsisExamines the focus on crime and criminal justice in British drugs policy, from why it happened at all to what led policy to unfold in the way that it did. Includes analysis of crucial policy documents and over 200 interviews with key players in the policy development and implementation process.
Table of Contents1. Introduction: Drugs, Crime and Criminal Justice ; 2. Risk, Security and the Criminal Justice Turn ; 3. The Politics of Drug Policy-Making ; 4. Police Custody: A Risk Filtering Machine ; 5. Criminal Courts: A Risk Management System ; 6. Drugs Work / Knowledge Work ; 7. The Impact of the Criminal Justice Turn ; 8. Conclusions: Reimagining Risk and Security
