European Drug Policies and Enforcement [Paperback]

Drug problems present sharp challenges for policing and democracy in the European Union. Harmonisation of anti-trafficking measures contrasts with diversity of local policies on drug users. 'Open drug scenes' trigger innovative but often volatile responses. This collection presents vivid experiences of drug policy-making at city, regional and higher levels. For the future, beyond 1996, EU 'confederal' and 'intergovernmental' scenarios have distinct implications for drugs. Finally, international dimensions are explored - drug control through money laundering countermeasures, trade and development policies, security and EU enlargement.Preface - List of Contributors - Introduction; The Editors - PART 1: POLICING DRUGS AT LOCAL LEVEL - Copenhagen: a War on Socially Marginal People; J.Jepsen - London: 'Community Damage Limitation' through Policing; M.Lee - Hamburg: Handling an Open Drug Scene; H.Alpheis - Southern England, Drugs and Music: Policing the Impossible?; A.Fraser & M.George -PART 2: NATIONAL TRENDS IN DRUG CONTROL - The Netherlands: Tightening up of the Cafes Policy; H.Von Meyenfeldt - Sweden: Zero Tolerance wins the Argument?; L.Lenke & B.Ollson - Italy: 'Mafia-dominated Drug Market'?; A.Becchi - Denmark and the Nordic Union: Regional Pressures in Policy Development; L.Laursen - PART 3: EU INTERNAL POLICY AND DRUGS - The EU, Home Affairs and 1996: Intergovernmental Convergence or Confederal Diversity?; N.Dorn -Drug Control in a Federal System: Zurich, Switzerland; H.Fahrenkrug - Intergovernmental Cooperation on Drug Control: Debates on Europol; C.Fijnaut - PART 4: EU EXTERNAL DRUG POLICIES - Money Laundering, the Developed Countries and Drug Control: the New Agenda; E.Savona - Drug Trafficking, Laundering and Neo-Liberal Economics: Perverse Effects for a Developing Country; H.Campodonico - Borderline Criminology: External Drug Policies of the EU; N.Dorn - Bibliography - IndexTony has lectured widely in developing countries and has been a consultant tol£‡