International Handbook on Drug Control

Inbunden, Engelska, 1992

AvScott Macdonald,Bruce Zagaris,Scott B. MacDonald,Bruce Zagaris,Scott B. Macdonald

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This international handbook is the first to analyze the status of drug control efforts around the world in so comprehensive a manner with up-to-date information. A series of experts provide a systematic overview of this major world problem in the 1980s and the 1990s, point to 10 major trends in current developments and to 3 probable shocks in the immediate future, and assess targets and networks for combatting the drug trade in the next decade. This handbook is a convenient reference for academicians, professionals, policymakers, and all who are concerned with this scourge on modern-day society.This valuable survey of the major consumers and suppliers of drugs and of national and international responses and enforcement measures opens with an introduction that gives an overview of efforts to control the international drug problem. Money laundering and asset forfeiture problems and policies are described in some detail. Country and regional studies follow with analyses about the history and structure of the industry/trade, governmental and societal responses, international controls and networks. The work of the United Nations and regional organizations is summarized as well. Appendixes offer comparative data about drug consumption, production, and trade and about international legislature's legal efforts to control the drug trade. Bibliographies at the ends of chapters and an essay at the end of the book offer suggestions for further research. A full index makes the reference an accessible one for researchers with different needs and perspectives.

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Utgivningsdatum1992-07-21
Mått156 x 235 x 32 mm
Vikt822 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor463
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9780313273759

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SCOTT B. MACDONALD is International Economic Adviser in the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, U.S. Government. He is the author of Dancing on a Volcano: The Latin American Drug Trade (Praeger, 1988) and Latin American Debt in the 1990s: Lessons from the Past and Forecasts for the Future (Praeger, 1991).BRUCE ZAGARIS, partner with the firm of Cameron & Hornbostel, Washington, D.C., has served as a consultant to the U.S. Government, the United Nations, and several other governments on administration of justice and narcotics control matters. He serves as an adjunct professor to the Fordham University School of Law and has written at length on international and comparative law matters.

PrefaceIntroduction and Problems of International ControlIntroduction: Controlling the International Drug Problem by Scott B. MacDonald and Bruce ZagarisMoney Laundering: An International Control Problem by Bruce ZagarisThe Emerging Regime of Asset Forfeiture by Elizabeth KingmaCountry and Regional Studies: The AmericasThe United States by Raphael Francis PerlCanada by David L. CrumBolivia by Eduardo GamarraBrazil by Luiza de MatosCaribbean Offshore Financial Centers: The Bahamas, the British Dependencies, and the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba by Scott B. MacDonald and Bruce ZagarisColombia by Scott B. MacDonaldMexico by Bruce Zagaris and Scott B. MacDonaldPanama by Laura VÁsquez and Barbara JahansooziPeru by Laura VÁsquezThe Southern Cone by Scott B. MacDonaldCountry and Regional Studies: EuropeWestern Europe and the European Community by Bruce ZagarisThe Netherlands by Govert Frank Van de Wijngaart and Sarah BarberSweden by Sarah BarberThe United Kingdom by Loren CainUnion of Soviet Socialist Republics by Rensselaer W. Lee IIICountry and Regional Studies: Asia and the Middle EastAfghanistan by Scott B. MacDonaldThe Islamic Republic of Iran by Scott B. MacDonald and Barbara JahansooziPakistan by Sue HardestyTurkey and India by Carolyn WestThe Golden Triangle: Burma, Laos and Thailand by Debra LiangSingapore by Scott B. MacDonaldInternational Organizations and Drug Control PolicyThe Organization of American States by Michael DziedzicUnited Nations' Activities in International Drug Control by Robin RolleyAppendix: TablesBibliographic EssayIndexAppendixesBibliographical EssayIndex