NCJ Number
16496
Editor(s)
J A INCIARDI,
C D CHAMBERS
Date Published
1974
Length
249 pages
Annotation
A COLLECTION OF 10 PAPERS WHICH PROVIDE A MULTIDISCIPLINARY INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECT OF DRUG LAW ENFORCEMENT, TREATMENT OF THE DRUG ABUSER, AND THE RELATIONSHIP OF CRIME AND DRUG ABUSE.
Abstract
EFFORTS AT UNDERSTANDING THE PROBLEM OF DRUG ABUSE HAVE BEEN HAMPERED BY A LACK OF COMPREHENSIVE DATA PERTAINING TO THE RELATIONSHIP OF DRUG USE TO VARIOUS PATTERNS OF DEVIANT BEHAVIOR AND TO SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS GENERALLY. THIS VOLUME PRESENTS SIGNIFICANT MATERIALS PERTAINING TO THE EFFECT OF LEGAL CONTROLS UPON DRUG USE, THE PROBABLE EFFICACY OF DIVERSE MODES OF TREATMENT AND THEIR COST, THE CHANGING CHARACTERISTICS OF THE DRUG CONSUMING POPULATION AND THE SPECIFIC SUBSTANCES SELECTED FOR USE. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)