Drugs, Law and the State

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This book contains nine essays written by distinguished scholars from North America. Europe, and Asia, and provides an in-depth examination of the socio-legal developments of drug control in different countries.

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Full title :Drugs, Law and the State / edited by Harold H. Traver, Mark S. Gaylord.

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Publication Date:©1992

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Hong Kong University Press
Place of Publication:Hong Kong [China]
Language:eng
Publication Date:©1992

Notes

"These essays were prepared for a conference on crime, drugs, and social control that was held at the Department of Sociology of the University of Hong Kong in December 1988"--P. 2.

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Description:1 online resource (206 p.)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:1282706071, 9781282706071, 9786612706073, 6612706074, 9882201075, 9789882201071
oclc:on1154966931
LC Classification:HV5801
Dewey Decimal:363.4/5

Contributors; Acknowledgments; Dedication / Karl Schuessler; Foreword / Alan A. Block; Introduction / Mark S. Gaylord and Harold H. Traver; Part I. Drug Control Policy and the State; 1. The Consequences of Prohibition: Crime, Corruption, and International Narcotics Control / William J. Chambliss; 2. Drugs and Social Control in Scandinavia: A Case Study in International Moral Entrepreneurship / Jorgen Jepsen; 3. Drugs and the Law in Post-Franco Spain / Axel R. Reeg; 4. Finnish Drug Control Policy: Change and Accommodation / Ahti Laitinen; Part II. The Political Economy of Drugs

5. The Chinese Laundry: International Drug Trafficking and Hong Kong's Banking Industry / Mark S. Gaylord6. The Yakuza and Amphetamine Abuse in Japan / Masayuki Tamura; 7. The Organized Crime/Drug Connection: National and International Perspectives / Ernesto U. Savona; 8. Colonial Relations and Opium Control Policy in Hong Kong, 1841-1945 / Harold H. Traver; Part III Future Directions; 9. Illegal Drugs: Where We Stand and What We Can Do / John F. Galliher; Index

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Cross-cultural studies Drogues -- Tràfic Drug abuse Drug abuse -- Cross-cultural studies Drug control Drug control -- Cross-cultural studies Drug traffic Drug traffic -- Cross-cultural studies Lutte antidrogue -- Études transculture… Toxicomanie -- Études transculturelles