The Handbook of Drugs and Society

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The Handbook of Drugs and Society offers a thorough exploration of the roles drugs have played and continue to play in society, emphasising theory, research, policy, and applied practice.

The volume contains 28 original chapters presenting multi-disciplinary and international insights from leading social and behavioural scientists. It reviews current knowledge, including significant research findings and theoretical and methodological debates. Topics range from individual substances to broader issues such as physiological theories of use and abuse, public health impacts, drug-related crime, international trafficking, and designer drugs.
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Ideal for students, researchers, and professionals in social sciences, public health, criminology, and policy-making seeking a comprehensive and scholarly reference on drugs in society.

This handbook provides a comprehensive examination of the past and present roles of drugs in society with a focus on theory, research, policy, and practice.

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The Handbook of Drugs and Society provides a comprehensive examination of the past and present roles of drugs in society with a focus on theory, research, policy, and practice.

It includes 28 original chapters with multidisciplinary and international perspectives by top social and behavioural scientists. The handbook reviews current knowledge in the field, including key research findings, theoretical developments, and methodological debates.

The volume also identifies ongoing controversies in the field, emergent topics, and areas in need of further inquiry. It discusses individual drugs as well as topics like physiological theories of drug use and abuse, public health implications of drugs, patterns of drugs and crime, international drug trade and trafficking, and designer drugs.

Series: Wiley Handbooks in Criminology and Criminal Justice

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ISBN: 9781118726792

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 08 December 2015

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell

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Edited by Henry H. Brownstein

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 38.0mm

Width: 173.0mm

Height: 244.0mm

Weight: 1066g

Pages: 664

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Addiction & Recovery Education & Reference Non-Fiction Series: Wiley Handbooks in Criminology and Criminal Justice

About the Author

Henry H. Brownstein is a Senior Fellow in the Substance Abuse, Mental Health, and Criminal Justice Studies Department at NORC- at the University of Chicago, USA and Professor and Director of the Center for Public Policy at the Wilder School at Virginia Commonwealth University, USA. He is the author of several books, including The Methamphetamine Industry in America: Transnational Cartels and Local Entrepreneurs (2014), Contemporary Drug Policy (2013), and The Social Reality of Violence and Violent Crime (2000).

The Handbook of Drugs and Society