Reinarman, C: Crack in America - Demon Drugs & Social Justic Demon Drugs and Social Justice
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Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
04.09.1997
Herausgeber
Craig Reinarman + weitereVerlag
De Gruyter OldenbourgSeitenzahl
359
Maße (L/B/H)
22.7/15.2/2.5 cm
Gewicht
606 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-0-520-20242-9
""Crack in America is a devastating, sad, angry, though always scholarly book about the many failures of our national drug policy. The contributors make a convincing case that America is unable to solve the problems associated with crack because it is unwilling to deal with extreme economic and racial inequality except by stigmatizing and punishing the unequal. The book is of urgent importance--a powerfully persuasive and illuminating inquiry about America. I wish it could be required reading for the White House and all the agencies responsible for the country's drug problems."--Herbert J. Gans, Columbia University
"Indispensable for understanding the real roots of hard drug abuse in America's inner cities. It shows brilliantly how our drug policies have made our drug problem worse and points the way out of the drug war morass. A passionate and ultimately hopeful book."--Kurt Schmoke, Mayor of Baltimore
""Crack in America accurately and forcefully examines in detail the myth and the reality of crack. It is a must-read for any American concerned about drugs in our society and for any reader valuing honesty and scholarship compellingly presented."--Robert W. Sweet, U.S. District Judge
"A penetrating analysis by a variety of scholars which explodes many of the governmentpropagated myths regarding crack cocaine."--Joseph D. McNamara, Stanford University
"Reinarman, Levine and their colleagues bring a keen sociological sensibility to their analysis of our contemporary moral panic. These essays make clear that crack policy is more the problem than
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