RT Article T1 The policing of glue-sniffing JF The British journal of criminology VO 36 IS 2 SP 237 OP 254 A1 Jagger, E. A. S. M. LA English YR 1996 UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1639657207 AB This article examines the implications for police practices of central government's policy which constitutes parents as primarily responsible for glue-sniffing'. Using data from interviews with families and the police, as well as other research on glue-sniffing, I examine how this policy affects the latter's decision-making activities and, thereby, the consequences these have for parents presenting with their glue-sniffing children. It shows that the families dealt with by the police were not necessarily the tiny minority' of chronic sniffers the government saw as needing help. It explains that this has to do with a complex interplay of factors such as the relationship between government and its regulatory apparatuses, the functioning of police discourse, organizational priorities, and institutional constraints K1 England K1 Kinder K1 Drogenabhängigkeit K1 Familienprobleme K1 Lösungsmittel K1 Lösungsmittelschnüffeln K1 Polizeitaktik K1 Schnüffeln