Illegal Drug Markets: From Research to Prevention Policy (Crime Prevention Studies)

Fourteen papers analyse the operation of illegal drug markets and explore the implications for prevention policy. Topics include: crack distribution and abuse in New York; how young Britons obtain their drugs; the impact of heroin prescription in Switzerland; women as consumer of drug markets; toward a typology of illegal drug markets; heroin use and dealing in an English Asian community; Swedish drug markets and drug policy; Albanians and illicit drugs in Italy; a geographic analysis of illegal drug markets; drug trafficking as a cottage industry; understanding the structure of a drug trafficking organisation; performance management indicators and drug enforcement; and connecting drug policy and research on drug markets.Natarajan, Mangai is the author of 'Illegal Drug Markets: From Research to Prevention Policy (Crime Prevention Studies)' with ISBN 9781881798248 and ISBN 1881798240.