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Policy paradox : implications of US drug control policy for Jamaica
(Paradoxe politique : conséquences de la politique américaine de contrôle des drogues pour la Jamaïque)
Auteur(s) :
JONES, M. J.
Année
2002
Page(s) :
117-133
Sous-type de document :
Etude de synthèse / Synthetic study
Langue(s) :
Anglais
ISBN :
0002-7162
Refs biblio. :
64
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
MAR (Marchés / Markets)
Note générale :
Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (The), 2002, 582, 117-133
Note de contenu :
fig.
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
U.S. drug control policies impose supply reduction targets on source and transit nations without regard for their social, economic, or political environments. Simultaneously, immigration policies deport drug felons to these countries. This article advances the argument that these policies have displaced responsibility for U.S. crime problems. As a result, there is displacement of criminal activities to areas of least resistance, with drug transit nations being disproportionately affected. The article addresses, in part, the paucity of drug policy literature on the Caribbean drug transit region. It discusses the nexus between U.S. drug and immigration policies and the resulting consequences for Jamaica, a drug transit country. Jamaica is of special interest because of its long-standing presence on the U.S. drug policy agenda and its stereotyping in journalistic discussions. (Author's abstract.)
Affiliation :
Div. Criminol. Justice, California State Univ., Sacramento
Etats-Unis. United States.
Etats-Unis. United States.