Drugs and Crime: Theories and PracticesISBN: 978-0-7456-3617-7
Hardcover
224 pages
August 2008, Polity
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Times Higher Education
"This book is refreshing in its transparency ... it is a superb
book and will no doubt be of use to students and academics in this
field, as well as to those who want to pick up a single text to
obtain an overarching view of the subject."
Drugs and Alcohol Today
"One of the first academic texts to provide a realistic and
discursive analysis of the drugs/crime debate ... essential reading
for academics, practitioners and policy-makers who have an interest
in or who work within the area."
Health and Social Care in the Community
"With an innovative combination of scientific and
phenomenological approaches this text is a breath of fresh air for
students and academics alike, providing a neutral basis from which
to develop thinking and research within this highly influential
area of study."
The Psychologist
"This excellent book questions a lot of what we believe we
'know' about drugs and crime. Hammersley subjects the basic
concepts of the field to serious and penetrating analysis, managing
to present complex ideas and arguments in a concise and extremely
clear way. It is superbly written, insightful, wide-ranging and
intellectually stimulating."
Toby Seddon, University of Manchester
"In this book, Hammersley brings together scientific,
philosophical and phenomenological perspectives in a way that has
never been done before. The result is a compelling text that will
give pause for thought to anyone who felt that the epistemology of
the words 'drugs' and 'crime' was clear enough, and that the
relationship between the two transparently obvious."
John B. Davies, University of Strathclyde