Maguire, Morgan & Reiner: The Oxford Handbook of Criminology 4e 
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Chapter 24
How would you assess the attempts by governments over the years to distinguish between categories of drugs in terms of their legal classification?
Analyse comparatively the harms associated with legal and illegal drugs.
What is known about trends in drug use in the course of the last century?
How would you evaluate the 'British system' of drug control?
Compare 'harm reduction' and 'prohibition' as strategies of drug control.
Assess the developments in law enforcement tactics for controlling drugs over the last thirty years.
Examine the relationships between drugs and crime in the light of research evidence.
How has globalization affected the operation and control of illegal drug markets? (See also Chapters 3, 5)
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