Assessing Police Attitudes Toward Drugs and Drug Enforcement

The American War on Drugs has been a long and protracted battle. On the front lines are local, state and federal drug enforcement officers who are tasked with pursuing drug users and dealers. Empirically, officers’ attitudes about the laws they uphold have been shown to impact how aggressively they...

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Main Author: Petrocelli, Matthew (Author)
Contributors: Oberweis, Trish ; Smith, Michael R. ; Petrocelli, Joseph
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2014
In: American journal of criminal justice
Year: 2014, Volume: 39, Issue: 1, Pages: 22-40
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Keywords:
War on drugs
Drug Enforcement
Police attitudes