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Taking care of business : police detectives, drug law enforcement and proactive investigation /

This study provides an insightful study of specialist detective units assigned to investigating drug offences, based on extensive fieldwork undertaken in two English police service areas, with in-depth analysis of the everyday realities of the 'war on drugs' and the underlying assumptions...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bacon, Matthew (Lecturer in criminology) (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Clarendon studies in criminology.
Subjects:
Drug traffic > Great Britain > Prevention.
Drug traffic > Investigation > Great Britain.
Criminal investigation > Great Britain.
Drug enforcement agents > Great Britain.
Drogues > Trafic > Enquêtes > Grande-Bretagne.
Enquêtes criminelles > Grande-Bretagne.
Police des drogues > Grande-Bretagne.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Law Enforcement.
LAW > Criminal Law > General.
Criminal investigation
Drug enforcement agents
Drug traffic > Investigation
Great Britain
Great Britain.
Drugs.
Monitoring.
Prevention.
Police.
Law enforcement.
Criminology.
Social services & welfare, criminology.
Society.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This study provides an insightful study of specialist detective units assigned to investigating drug offences, based on extensive fieldwork undertaken in two English police service areas, with in-depth analysis of the everyday realities of the 'war on drugs' and the underlying assumptions that operate beneath the presentational canopy of police organisations.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvi, 292 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-284) and index.
ISBN:9780191813375
0191813370
019151120X
9780191511202