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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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.
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505 0 |a Cover; Taking Care of Business; Copyright; Table of Contents; 1. The Drug Detectives; The Origins of the Police Detective; Detective Work and Culture; Drug Squads; Conclusion; 2. Policing the 'Drug Problem'; Theorizing the Policing of Drugs; The War on Drugs; The Post-​War Era; Conclusion; 3. The Illegal Drug Business; Illegal Drugs and the Informal Economy; The High Life; The High Price; The Drug Distribution Web; Conclusion; 4. Investigating the Investigators: Research Methodology; An Ethnographic Approach; The Field; Research Methods; Negotiating Access; 5. The Police on Drugs; Drugs 
505 8 |a Drug UseDrug Dealers; Drug Detective Work; Conclusion; 6. Intelligence-​Led Investigation; The Rise of Intelligence-​Led Policing; What is 'Proactive Policing'?; The 'NIM-Lite Approach'; Organizational Priorities; Intelligence Work; Operational Targets; Conclusion; 7. Licensing Criminals; The Police Informer System; The Role of Informers in Drug Investigations; 'Licensing Criminals'; The Everyday Regulation of Informers and Some Unintended Consequences; Conclusion; 8. Making Cases; Drug Warrants; Covert Operations; The Case for the Prosecution; Conclusion 
505 8 |a 9. Detecting Change and the Future of Drug Law EnforcementDetecting Change; Regulating the Drug Trade; References; Index 
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