Matthew Bacon

Taking Care of Business

Police Detectives, Drug Law Enforcement and Proactive Investigation

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Produktbeschreibung

Offers 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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 310
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. August 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 147mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 522g
• ISBN-13: 9780199687381
• ISBN-10: 0199687382
• Artikelnr.: 47870645

Autorenporträt

Matthew Bacon is a Lecturer in Criminology and a member of the Centre for Criminological Research at the University of Sheffield. His research interests include police culture, criminal investigation, drug control policy and the informal economy.

Inhaltsangabe

1: The Drug Detectives
2: Policing the 'Drug Problem'
3: The Illegal Drug Business
4: Investigating the Investigators: Research Methodology
5: The Police on Drugs
6: Intelligence-Led Investigation
7: Licensing Criminals
8: Making Cases
9: Detecting Change and the Future of Drug Law Enforcement