Drugs and Crime Evaluating Public Policy Initiatives [Paperback]

Addressing critical areas of drug control and system improvement, this book provides a comprehensive examination of policy relevant research. Leading experts explore major problems related to drug trafficking and use, focusing on important policy initiatives. Each chapter discusses a specific problem area, the policies designed to address it, research on the effectiveness of those policies, and the policy implications of the research.Addressing critical areas of drug control and system improvement, this book provides a comprehensive examination of policy relevant research. Leading experts explore major problems related to drug trafficking and use, focusing on important policy initiatives. Each chapter discusses a specific problem area, the policies designed to address it, research on the effectiveness of those policies, and the policy implications of the research.PART ONE: BACKGROUND ISSUES
Drug Control and System Improvement - Doris Layton MacKenzie
Evaluating the Success of Public Policies
Doing Evaluations in Policy Research - Albert J Reiss Jr
Implications for Drug Control Initiatives
Prevalence of Drug Use Among Criminal Offender Populations - Yih-Ing Hser, Douglas Longshore and M Douglas Anglin
Implications for Control, Treatment and Policy
Gangs and Crack Cocaine Trafficking - Malcolm W Klein and Cheryl Lee Maxson
PART TWO: POLICE INITIATIVES
Defining the Street Level Drug Market - David Weisburd and Lorraine Green
The Jersey City DMAP System
Controlling Street-Level Drug Trafficking - Craig D Uchida and Brian Forst
Professional and Community Policing Approaches
Police Crackdowns on Drug Abuse and Trafficking - Robert E Worden, Timothy S Bynum and James Frank
Assessing the Community Effects of Tactical Narcotics Teams - Michele Sviridoff and Sally T Hillsman
Drugs and Public Housingl³