Screen LibraryThe world heroin market : can supply be cut? /
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Oxford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Oxford ; New York : |
| Publication Dates: | 2012. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Studies in crime and public policy
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| Online Access: |
http://www.iresearchbook.cn/f/ebook/detail?id=a5d49e1872e94e77beceb4c72eca2e54 |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xiii, 374 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-358) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780199717361 9780195322996 |
| Index Number: | HV5822 |
| CLC: | C913.8 |
| Contents: | Introduction -- The past as prologue: the development of the world opiate market and the rise of the international control regime -- The contemporary market -- Did the Taliban's ban really matter? -- Keeping track of opiate flows -- Afghanistan and Burma: the two dominant producers -- India: diversion from licit cultivation -- Colombia: the emergence of a new producer -- Tajikistan: the rise of a narco-state -- The theoretical and practical consequences of variations in effective illegality -- Synthesis of findings and lessons for policy making -- Appendix A: Legal production of opium -- Appendix B: Average consumption and purity -- Appendix C: Central Asia: trafficking revenues and economic dependency -- Appendix D: Examples of countries with lax enforcement. |