The Search for Rational Drug Control (Earl Warren Legal Institute Study) - Softcover

Zimring, Franklin E.

 
9780521558822: The Search for Rational Drug Control (Earl Warren Legal Institute Study)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0521558824 ISBN 13: 9780521558822
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1995

Synopsis

This book presents a comprehensive examination of the drug control policy process in the United States. How are policy choices identified, debated and selected? How are the consequences of governmental policy measured and evaluated? How, if at all, do we learn from our mistakes? Zimring and Hawkins present different ways of understanding American drug policy and provide a foundation for an improved policy process. They argue that protection of children and youth should shape policy toward illicit crime, with attention to the fact that youth protection objectives may limit the effectiveness of some drug controls.

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From the Back Cover

This book is about the process of making drug control policy. How are policy choices identified, debated, and made in an atmosphere of intense concern? How are the consequences of governmental policy measured and evaluated? How, if at all, do we learn from our mistakes? We undertook this project convinced that just as much as we need new drug policies, we need a new drug policy process to create an environment in which alternatives can be rationally debated.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
1995
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0521558824
ISBN 13 
9780521558822
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
240

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