(Download) "Substance Abuse Control: How Do We Measure Success?(Report)" by Forum on Public Policy: A Journal of the Oxford Round Table # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
eBook details
- Title: Substance Abuse Control: How Do We Measure Success?(Report)
- Author : Forum on Public Policy: A Journal of the Oxford Round Table
- Release Date : January 22, 2010
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 266 KB
Description
Introduction According to the former Attorney General of the United States, John Ascroft, law enforcement more doubled their arrest rate for drug offenses between the mid-1980's and 2000 (Anonymous 2001, 2). He stated that tougher federal drug laws and stricter enforcement were making a difference in eliminating the major drug offenders from our nation's streets. Arrest rates are a traditional form of measurement in law enforcement, but it is unclear how successful arrests and convictions have been to eliminating substance abuse.