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Crime, Justice, and Society

1996
Crime, Justice, and Society

Author: Calvin J. Larson

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

ISBN: 1882289250

Category: Social Science

Page: 424

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The American Disease

1999-04-22
The American Disease

Author: David F. Musto

Publisher: Oxford University Press

ISBN: 9780190284237

Category: Psychology

Page: 432

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The American Disease is a classic study of the development of drug laws in the United States. Supporting the theory that Americans' attitudes toward drugs have followed a cyclic pattern of tolerance and restraint, author David F. Musto examines the relationz between public outcry and the creation of prohibitive drug laws from the end of the Civil War up to the present. Originally published in 1973, and then in an expanded edition in 1987, this third edition contains a new chapter and preface that both address the renewed debate on policy and drug legislation from the end of the Reagan administration to the current Clinton administration. Here, Musto thoroughly investigates how our nation has dealt with such issues as the controversies over prevention programs and mandatory minimum sentencing, the catastrophe of the crack epidemic, the fear of a heroin revival, and the continued debate over the legalization of marijuana.