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ERIC Number: EJ555128
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-1050-9674
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The War on Drugs and Correctional Warehousing: Alternative Strategies for the Drug Crisis.
Welch, Michael
Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, v25 n1-2 p43-60 1997
Examines the current strategy to combat illegal drug use and its effect on corrections. Reviews three schools of thought on drug-control policy and explores the assumptions offered by the public-health generalists, the legalists, and the cost-benefit specialists. Concentrates on issues of race, class, and alternatives to correctional warehousing. (RJM)
Descriptors: Correctional Institutions, Correctional Rehabilitation, Crime Prevention, Criminal Law, Drug Legislation, Drug Rehabilitation, Drug Use, Illegal Drug Use, Prisoners
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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