Drugs, Society and Criminal Justice

Description

PART ONE: The Challenges of Drugs in our Society  

1. Understanding the Drug Problem in America  
2. Understanding the Drug Problem in Global Perspective
3. The History of Drug Use and Drug-control Policy
4. Fundamentals of Drug-taking Behavior

PART TWO: Drugs, Crime, and Criminal Justice

5. Theoretical Perspectives on Drug Use and Abuse
6. Drugs and Crime
7. Drugs and Law Enforcement

PART THREE: Legally Restricted Drugs and Criminal Justice

8. Drugs, Courts, and Correctional Systems
9. Opioids: Opium, Heroin, and Prescription Pain Medications
10. Cocaine and Methamphetamine
11. LSD and Other Hallucinogens  
12. Marijuana  
13. Performance-Enhancing Drugs and Drug-screening Tests
14. Depressants and Inhalants  

PART THREE: On the Margins of Criminal Justice: Regulating Legal Drugs  

15. Alcohol Use and Chronic Alcohol Abuse   
16. Nicotine and Tobacco Use  

PART FOUR: Drug-Control Policy and Intervention Strategies

17. Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment

For courses in Drugs and Crime, Drugs and Criminal Justice, Drugs and Society, and The Sociology of Substance Abuse

Drugs, Society, and Criminal Justice is a highly readable introduction to the major facts and issues concerning criminal justice and drug-taking behavior in America today. Building on sociological theory, it explores the social problems associated with drug use and the theoretical reasons for drug use and abuse. It then delves into the complex relationship between drug-taking behavior and crime. Distinctive chapters include: Understanding the Drug Problem in America (Chapter 1), Understanding the Drug Problem in Global Perspective (Chapter 2), The History of Drug Use and Drug-Control Policy (Chapter 3), Drugs and Crime (Chapter 6), Drugs and Law Enforcement (Chapter 7), and Drugs, Courts, and Correctional Systems (Chapter 8). Discussion-starting features spotlight prominent figures, drug trafficking realities, and life-saving information as the book explores how drug use and abuse impact the criminal justice system.

• Drugs, Society, and Criminal Justice, Fourth Edition, has been redesigned to focus more completely on the connection between drug-taking behavior and the criminal justice system. The organization of chapters reflects the emphasis on criminal justice in the context of drug use and abuse.
• Part One (Chapters 1-4) reviews the domestic and international challenges that drug abuse brings to American society, the history of national drug-control policy, and the fundamental principles of drug-taking behavior that can lead to drug abuse.  
• Part Two (Chapters 5-8) addresses the problems of drug abuse specifically in the context of criminal behavior, law enforcement, courts, and correctional systems.  
• Part Three (Chapters 9-14) reviews the issues of criminal justice in connection with illicit (illegal) drugs, while Part Four (Chapters 15-16) reviews the issues of regulatory policy in connection with licit (legal) drugs such as alcohol and nicotine.  
• Part Five (Chapter 17) deals with the impact of national drug-control policy on intervention strategies, such as drug abuse prevention and treatment.  
• New topics in this edition reflect the attention to continual changes in drug-taking behavior and the personal and social problems associated with it, including:   
• The rise of heroin abuse (Chapter 9).
• The proliferation of synthetic formulations of drugs with essentially unknown and sometimes toxic ingredients, putting unwary drug users at risk (Chapters 11 and 12).
• Chapter 2 covers the issues of global drug trafficking and the associated phenomenon of narcoterrorism.
• Discussion-starting features encourage class or group discussion, or form the basis for assignments and research projects.
  • Portraits spotlight a contemporary/historical figure and put a human face on the discussion of drugs, society, and criminal justice. New Portraits include: Mithridates VI of Pontis: Drug Tolerance and the Story of the Poison King (Chapter 4),  William J. Bratton — New York’s Top Cop Second Time Around (Chapter 7), John Dunne — Drug Warrior/Drug-War Reformer (Chapter 8),  Commissioner Harry J. Anslinger — From Devil Rum to Devil Weed (Chapter 12), Lance Armstrong — From Honor to Dishonor (Chapter 13), and  Steven Chassman and the Long Island Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (Chapter 17).
  • Numbers Talk features provide insight into current drug-taking behavior, drawing the reader into the chapter and setting the stage for further exploration. Short listings of numbers are used to summarize specific facts about past and present patterns of drug use and abuse.  
  • Two new features after the Summary and Key Terms at the end of each chapter, Review Questions and Critical Thinking: What Would You Do? provide the means for re-examining what you have read in general terms and applying it in real-world situations that require critical thinking.
  • Drugs. . . in Focus sidebars include vignettes on drug use and abuse and its connection to our nation’s cultural heritage and today’s popular culture. New topics include: Life and Death in

For courses in Drugs and Crime, Drugs and Criminal Justice, Drugs and Society, and The Sociology of Substance Abuse

Drugs, Society, and Criminal Justice is a highly readable introduction to the major facts and issues concerning criminal justice and drug-taking behavior in America today. Building on sociological theory, it explores the social problems associated with drug use and the theoretical reasons for drug use and abuse. It then delves into the complex relationship between drug-taking behavior and crime. Distinctive chapters include: Understanding the Drug Problem in America (Chapter 1), Understanding the Drug Problem in Global Perspective (Chapter 2), The History of Drug Use and Drug-Control Policy (Chapter 3), Drugs and Crime (Chapter 6), Drugs and Law Enforcement (Chapter 7), and Drugs, Courts, and Correctional Systems (Chapter 8). Discussion-starting features spotlight prominent figures, drug trafficking realities, and life-saving information as the book explores how drug use and abuse impact the criminal justice system.

• A unique criminal justice focus addresses the entire range of issues related to drugs and the criminal justice system.
• UPDATED: Drugs, Society, and Criminal Justice, Fourth Edition, has been redesigned to focus more completely on the connection between drug-taking behavior and the criminal justice system. The organization of chapters reflects the emphasis on criminal justice in the context of drug use and abuse.
  • Part One (Chapters 1-4) reviews the domestic and international challenges that drug abuse brings to American society, the history of national drug-control policy, and the fundamental principles of drug-taking behavior that can lead to drug abuse.
  • Part Two (Chapters 5-8) addresses the problems of drug abuse specifically in the context of criminal behavior, law enforcement, courts, and correctional systems.
  • Part Three (Chapters 9-14) reviews the issues of criminal justice in connection with illicit (illegal) drugs, while Part Four (Chapters 15-16) reviews the issues of regulatory policy in connection with licit (legal) drugs such as alcohol and nicotine.
  • Part Five (Chapter 17) deals with the impact of national drug-control policy on intervention strategies, such as drug abuse prevention and treatment.
• NEW: New topics in this edition reflect the attention to continual changes in drug-taking behavior and the personal and social problems associated with it, including:
• The rise of heroin abuse (Chapter 9).
• The proliferation of synthetic formulations of drugs with essentially unknown and sometimes toxic ingredients, putting unwary drug users at risk (Chapters 11 and 12).
• Chapter 2 covers the issues of global drug trafficking and the associated phenomenon of narcoterrorism.
• The full range of illegal and legal drugs is presented, considering both street drugs and legal drugs. Drugs are grouped in terms of their access to the general public and social attitudes toward their use, not by their pharmacological or chemical characteristics.
• Social problems and the sociological theory behind drug-taking behaviors are examined in detail. Students are given the tools to analyze and better understand drug-taking behavior in today’s society.
• Discussion-starting features encourage class or group discussion, or form the basis for assignments and research projects.
  • UPDATED: Portraits spotlight a contemporary/historical figure and put a human face on the discussion of drugs, society, and criminal justice. New Portraits include: Mithridates VI of Pontis: Drug Tolerance and the Story of the Poison King (Chapter 4), William J. Bratton – New York’s Top Cop Second Time Around (Chapter 7), John Dunne – Drug Warrior/Drug-War Reformer (Chapter 8), Commissioner Harry J. Anslinger – From Devil Rum to Devil Weed (Chapter 12), Lance Armstrong – From Honor to Dishonor (Chapter 13), and Steven Chassman and the Long Island Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (Chapter 17).
  • NEW: Numbers Talk features provide insight into current drug-taking behavior, drawing the reader into the chapter and setting the stage for further exploration. Short listings of numbers are used to summarize specific facts about past and present patterns of drug use and abuse.
  • Two new features after the Summary and Key Terms at the end of each chapter, Review Questions and Critical Thinking: What Would You Do? provide the means for re-examining what you have read in general terms and applying it in real-world situations that require critical thinking.
  • UPDATED: Drugs. . . in Focus sidebars include vignettes on drug use and abuse and its connection to our nation’s cultural heritage and today’s popular culture