Policing Drugs : Legitimacy, Practice, and the Self-Legitimacy of Drug Detectives

Exploring the complex interplay between drug law enforcement and self-legitimacy among police officers, this book, through ten months of ethnographic research in Belgian cities, examines how drug detectives justify their role within a challenging landscape of moral, social, and legal dilemmas.Chapte...

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Main Author Debbaut, Steven (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2025.
SeriesDrugs, crime and society.
Subjects
Drug control.
Drug abuse > Prevention.
Drug traffic > Investigation.
Drugs;Drug policy;Belgium;Policing;Policing drugs;Criminalisation;Legitimacy;Drug control;Ethnographic;Michel Foucault
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781003474951
1003474950
9781040355817
1040355811
9781040355831
1040355838
9781032756400
Physical Description1 online resource (122 pages).

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Table of Contents:
  • 1 Introduction 2 Criminalising Drugs 3 Drug Discourses 4 Self-Legitimacy 5 The Belgian (Drug) Policing Context 6 Views About Drugs 7 Hunting 8 The Convenience of the Drug Reality 9 Conclusion

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