Drug Treatment Systems in an International Perspective: Drugs, Demons, and Delinquents / Edition 1

by Harald Klingemann, Geoffrey Hunt

Overview

In the last 10 years, many countries have seen a rapid expansion in their specific drug treatment services. This book describes the ways in which 20 different countries worldwide have chosen to cope with the spread of illicit drugs and the expansion of services. Contributors from a range of disciplines including sociology, psychology, anthropology, political science, psychoanalysis and criminology present results which provide access to information on drug treatment in these countries, and investigate the cultural and societal context in which drug treatment developed. The book also compares each of the 20 countries on the themes of: women and treatment; financing treatment; and the relationship between alcohol and drug treatment.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761905431
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	08/11/1998
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	360
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 8.00(d)

Editorial Reviews

A cross national study on drug treatment policy making and policy evaluation. Twenty countries including Austria, Canada, China, Colombia, England, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Peru, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States are examined. The emphasis of the 30 interdisciplinary chapters is on a systems approach which, instead of looking at specific clients, examines the "community path"<-->for example the coordination of services and system description. The chapters are organized into sections on: drug prohibition and the abstinence paradigm; the experimental countries; social change and drug treatment in Central Europe and Russia; cost-efficient pragmatism versus moral crusades; the Latin American connection, wine and illicit drugs; economic revolution and cultural transformation in the Far East; and finally, gender, finance, and system integration. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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