Drug Law Enforcement, Policing and Harm Reduction: Ending the Stalemate

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The policing of drugs is an intriguing, complex, and contentious domain that brings into sharp focus the multifaceted nature of the police role and has farreaching consequences for health, crime, and justice. While research on drugs policing has historically been surprisingly sparse, fragmented, and underdeveloped, the field has recently become a burgeoning area of academic study, influenced by contemporary trends in policing practices, changes in drug policy, and wider social movements. This book makes a much-needed interdisciplinary and international contribution that engages with established and emerging areas of scholarship, advances cutting-edge debates, and sets an agenda for future directions in drugs policing.

Drug Law Enforcement, Policing and Harm Reduction is the first edited collection to devote its attention exclusively to drugs policing. It brings together a range of leading scholars to provide a deep and thorough account of the current state of knowledge. In addition to academic analysis, authors also include serving police officers and policymakers, who have influenced how drugs policing is framed and carried out. Together, the contributors draw on a diverse set of empirical studies and theoretical perspectives, with the thread running throughout the book being the concept of harm reduction policing. With accounts from various countries, localities, and contexts, topics covered include the (in)effectiveness and (un)intended consequences of the ‘war on drugs’, attempts to reform drugs policing, and the role of partnerships and policy networks. The broader theme of inequality lies at the heart of this collection.

An accessible and compelling read, this book will be of interest to academics and students of criminology, public health, and social policy, especially those researching policing, drug policy, and harm reduction. It also offers valuable insights and practical guidance for professionals working in the drugs field.

Author(s): Matthew Bacon, Jack Spicer
Series: Routledge Studies in Policing and Society
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2022

Language: English
Pages: 328
City: London

Cover
Endorsement Page
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
List of Figures
List of Contributors
Drug law enforcement, policing and harm reduction: An introduction
Chapter 1 Harm reduction policing: Conceptualisation and implementation
Chapter 2 More harm than good: A review of the English language literature on the policing of drug possession
Chapter 3 Drugs, race, and defunding the police: Daring to dream
Chapter 4 Symbolic drugs policing: Conceptual development and harm reduction opportunities
Chapter 5 Policing cryptomarkets and the digital war on drugs
Chapter 6 Policing drugs in the Caribbean
Chapter 7 Policing of drugs in Scotland: Moving beyond the stalemate to redesigning the chess board
Chapter 8 Treading the paths of drug diversion
Chapter 9 ‘Another tool in the toolbox’: An investigation of a drug diversion programme in a Danish police precinct
Chapter 10 Beyond harm reduction policing
Chapter 11 Law enforcement and public health partnerships: Opportunities and perils
Chapter 12 From opponents to ‘interested’ partners?: A case study of police and harm reduction service collaboration
Chapter 13 Leading local change: Police and crime commissioners and drug policy
Conclusion: From stalemate to progress
Index