Paul O'Mahony

The Irish war on drugs

The seductive folly of prohibition

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Produktbeschreibung

Using the catastrophic failure of the drugs prohibition policy in Ireland as a case study, this book exposes the illusory foundations of the monolithic and seemingly invincible international system of drugs prohibition and the 'war on drugs'.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 395g
• ISBN-13: 9780719079023
• ISBN-10: 0719079020
• Artikelnr.: 25074727

Autorenporträt

Paul O'Mahony is a criminologist and Senior Lecturer in the School of Medicine, Trinity College, Dublin

Inhaltsangabe

List of tables List of figures 1. Philosophy, politics and rhetoric.
2.Three major perspectives: drugs-free world/prohibition, drug use as a
human right and harm reductionism 3. Drugs and crime 4.'Inherent'
drug-related crime: the criminal justice system response 5. The evolving
Irish policy on drugs and drug-related crime 6. A balanced policy?:
effective compromise or confused muddle? 7.The general failure of
prohibition to prevent drug use: underlying reasons and key implications
8.The failure of Irish prohibition 9. The seductive folly of prohibition
10. The promise of alternative approaches Index