Assessing UK drug policy from a crime control perspective

Criminology and Criminal Justice

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 461-482

  Reuter, Peter ^a   Stevens, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crime; Drugs; Enforcement; Estimation; Prevention; Treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 58049178308     PISSN: 17488958     EISSN: 17488966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1748895808096473     Document Type: Article

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