Drugs Disorder by Design: Why Britain's War on Drugs Targets the Poor and Protects the Privileged
暫譯: 設計中的藥物失序:為什麼英國的禁毒戰爭針對貧困者而保護特權者

Peatfield, Elizabeth

  • 出版商: Palgrave MacMillan
  • 出版日期: 2025-11-23
  • 售價: $2,040
  • 貴賓價: 9.5$1,938
  • 語言: 英文
  • 頁數: 201
  • 裝訂: Hardcover - also called cloth, retail trade, or trade
  • ISBN: 303207813X
  • ISBN-13: 9783032078131
  • 相關分類: 其他
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商品描述

This book critically examines the failures and contradictions of UK drug policy, exposing how current laws disproportionately target marginalised communities while overlooking the widespread harms of legal substances like alcohol. Drawing on the author's unique experiences as a magistrate and bouncer, alongside academic research, policy analysis, and lived experience testimonies, it reveals the systemic injustices embedded in drug enforcement. By contrasting the treatment of so-called "problematic" versus "functional" drug users, the book highlights how class, race, and power shape who is punished and who is protected. It also interrogates the influence of moral panic, media narratives, and political ideology on drug legislation, questioning the absence of evidence-based, harm-reduction approaches. Ultimately, the book aims to challenge prevailing assumptions, inform public discourse, and advocate for a more just, ethical, and effective drug policy rooted in health, evidence, and equality.

商品描述(中文翻譯)

這本書批判性地檢視了英國毒品政策的失敗與矛盾,揭示了現行法律如何不成比例地針對邊緣社群,同時忽視了像酒精這類合法物質所造成的廣泛危害。書中結合了作者作為地方法官和保全的獨特經歷,以及學術研究、政策分析和生活經驗證詞,揭示了毒品執法中根深蒂固的系統性不公。通過對比所謂的「問題性」與「功能性」毒品使用者的待遇,這本書突顯了階級、種族和權力如何影響誰受到懲罰,誰又受到保護。它還探討了道德恐慌、媒體敘事和政治意識形態對毒品立法的影響,質疑缺乏基於證據的減害方法。最終,這本書旨在挑戰現有的假設,促進公共討論,並倡導一種更公正、道德和有效的毒品政策,根植於健康、證據和平等之中。

作者簡介

Dr Elizabeth Peatfield is a criminologist and senior lecturer in criminal justice at Liverpool John Moores University, UK, where she specialises in drug policy, criminal justice inequality, and lived experience research. She is Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Before entering academia, she worked for more than 20 years as a bouncer in Liverpool's vibrant and chaotic nightlife scene and later served as a magistrate, presiding over drug-related cases in England's lower courts.

作者簡介(中文翻譯)

伊莉莎白·皮特菲爾德博士是英國利物浦約翰摩爾斯大學的犯罪學家及刑事司法高級講師,專注於毒品政策、刑事司法不平等及生活經驗研究。她是高等教育學院的院士。在進入學術界之前,她在利物浦充滿活力和混亂的夜生活場景中擔任了超過20年的保安,並且後來擔任了地方法官,負責英國下級法院的毒品相關案件。