1st Edition
Law, Drugs and the Politics of Childhood From Protection to Punishment
By Simon Flacks
Copyright 2021
180 Pages
8 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
180 Pages
8 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
180 Pages
8 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Debates about the regulation of drugs are inseparable from talk of children and the young. Yet how has this association come to be so strong, and why does it have so much explanatory, rhetorical and political force? The premise for this book is that the relationship between drugs and childhood merits more exploration beyond simply pointing out that children and drugs are both ‘things we tend to... Read more
Introduction
1. Drugs and childhood: A genealogy
2. Drug law reform and the politics of innocence
3. The abject dealer: Criminal sentencing and child harm
4. Mums on drugs: Family justice and child protection
5. Drugs and school discipline
Conclusion
Biography
Simon Flacks is Senior Lecturer, Department of Law, University of Westminster, UK.
