Drugs and Drug Policy: The Control of Consciousness Alteration - Couverture souple

Clayton J. Mosher; Scott M. Akins

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1544351127 ISBN 13 : 9781544351124

Editeur : SAGE Publications, Inc, 2020

Synopsis

This engaging and thoroughly updated text provides a cross-national perspective on the use and regulation of both legal and illegal drugs. Drugs and Drug Policy examines and critiques drug policies in the United States and abroad in terms of their scope, goals, and effectiveness. Authors Clayton J. Mosher and Scott Akins also discuss the physiological, psychological, and behavioral effects of legal and illicit drugs; the patterns and correlates of use; theories of the causes of drug use; and the policies that govern that usage.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Clayton Mosher received his Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Toronto, and is currently a Professor and Associate Chair in the Department of Sociology at Washington State University Vancouver. He is the author of several books and articles in the areas of inequality in criminal justice system processing, drugs and drug policies, and the impact of prison construction on employment. Besides co-authoring the Second Edition of Drugs and Drug Policy, he co-authored the Second Edition of The Mismeasure of Crime (SAGE, 2012) with Terance Miethe and Timothy Hart.

Scott Akins is currently a Professor of Sociology at Oregon State University. His research interests include drug use and policy; immigration, drug use and crime; and the intersection of disadvantage, ethnicity, and crime. He is author of Drugs and Drug Policy: The Control of Consciousness Alteration and In the Weeds: Demonization, Legalization, and the Evolution of U.S. Marijuana Policy.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

Engaging and thoroughly updated, this text provides a global perspective on the use and regulation of legal and illegal drugs. It examines drug policies in terms of their scope, goals, and effectiveness, as well as the effects of drugs, the patterns and correlates of use, and theories of the causes of drug use.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1544351127
• ISBN 13: 9781544351124
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 3
• Nombre de pages: 592
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible