David Best on Criminal Justice and Research

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David Best
David Best
Location: Birmingham, UK
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VIDEO NUMBER:
12
CATEGORY:
Criminal Justice
DATE ADDED:
13-02-2008
DESCRIPTION

 David asks "...why do we focus on failure so much..."

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Footnotes
1) Paper: When two dark figures collide: Evidence and discourse on drug-related crime [Alex Stevens]
Sage Journals Online summary
Alex Stevens University of Kent 2007.
2) Paper: DOES TREATING PEOPLE INCREASE THEIR CHANCE FOR ABSTINENCE? [DR D BEST, J LOARING and S GHUFRAN June 05, 2008]

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3) Paper: The War on Drugs: A War on Drug Users [Buchanan J Young L (2000)]

The War on Drugs – A War on Drug Users Buchanan J Young L (2000)
Drugs: Education, Prevention Policy Vol. 7 No.4 2000 pp 409-422 
 
Julian Buchanan
4) Paper: Missing Links: Problem Drug Use and Social Exclusion
Probation Journal Special Edition on Problem Drug Use Vol 51 No.4 pp.387-397 

Julian Buchanan
5) Drug Interventions Programme
 
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19th August 10 - These statistics are on the same basis as, and so may be compared with, the figures for 2008
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1st August 10 - The nta promotes a balanced treatment system in which clients move as quickly and safely as possible through treatment to recovery and reintegration into their local community.
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