Drug law reform in East and Southeast Asia / edited by Fifa Rahman and Nick Crofts.
| Other author | Rahman, Fifa, 1986- |
| Other author | Crofts, Nick. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Lanham : Lexington Books, [2013] |
| Description | xii, 314 p. : illustrations, map ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Historical perspectives of drug use in Asia / Gary Reid, Nick Crofts -- Harm reduction is good public health / David Jacka, S.S. Lee, Nick Crofts -- Human rights and drug policy / Joanne Csete, Fifa Rahman -- Drug users and imprisonment / Kate Dolan, Ana Rodas -- Law enforcement and drug policy in Southeast Asia / Nick Crofts, Geoff Monaghan, Steve James, Nicole Turner, Mohd Zaman Khan -- Effective development and effective drug control are interdependent : the example of Southeast Asia / Priya Mannava, Sasha Zegenhagen, Nick Crofts, Nicholas Thomson -- Illicit drug policy in SE Asia - the users' perspective / Jimmy Dorabjee, Mohamad Firdaus Zakaria, Dean Lewis -- Harm reduction : the Islamic perspective / Faisal Ibrahim -- HIV and Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection among people who inject drugs in East and Southeast Asia / Don des Jarlais, Holly Hagan, Jonathan Feelemyer, Heidi Bramson -- Unpacking compulsory 'rehabilitation' in Asia : problems and possible solutions / Simon Baldwin, Thu Vuong -- Responding to ATS use in East and Southeast Asia / Rebecca McKetin, Jih-Heng Li -- Case study no. 1. Harm reduction and drug policy in Thailand - one step forward, two steps back / Karyn Kaplan, Pascal Tanguay -- Case study no. 2. Drug policy in Taiwan / Jih-Heng Li -- Case study no. 3. Emerging from a black box : drug policymaking in Vietnam / Simon Baldwin -- Case study no. 4. Drug policy in China / Susan Trevaskes -- Case study no. 5. Compulsory drug rehabilitation in China / Sarah Biddulph -- Alternatives to criminal justice : drug courts, drug diversion, and decriminalisation / Fifa Rahman -- Capital punishment for drug offences / Fifa Rahman -- Drug treatment across Asia / B. Vicknasingam, Marek Chawarski, Richard Schottenfeld -- The way forward - rethinking the war on drugs / Alex Wodak. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2013020987 |
| ISBN | 9780739180372 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780739184929 (paper. : alk. paper) |
Availability
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |