Historique
Chapitre
Drug policies and problems: the promise and pitfalls of cross-national comparison
Auteur(s) :
MACCOUN, R. J. ;
SAIGER, A. J. ;
KAHAN, J. P. ;
REUTER, P.
Année
1993
Page(s) :
p.103-117
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Éditeur(s) :
Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corporation
Collection :
Reprints, RP-224
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology)
Thésaurus mots-clés
POLITIQUE
;
COMPARAISON
;
BASE DE DONNEES
;
EPIDEMIOLOGIE
;
REDUCTION DES RISQUES ET DES DOMMAGES
Thésaurus géographique
ETATS-UNIS
Note générale :
Originally published in: Psychoactive Drugs & Harm Reduction: From Faith to Science, London, 1993, p.103-117
Résumé :
This is a brief essay about what cross-national comparisons can tell us about the relationship between drug policies and drug-related problems, and about some of the difficulties involved in making such comparisons. This essay reflects the authors' thinking and experience roughly halfway through a three-year cross-national study comparing drug policies and problem indicators across a number of Western industrialized nations. For reasons discussed, it would be premature to present preliminary statistical results in this essay; instead, the authors hope to stimulate curiosity about the experiences of other countries, and sensitivity as to the hazards of causal cross-national inference.
Affiliation :
Etats-Unis. United States.
Cote :
RAND