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Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice
No. 109: Linking drugs and criminal activity: developing an integrated monitoring system
Toni Makkai
ISBN 0 642 24105 8 ; ISSN 0817-8542
April 1999
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Abstract
Illicit drug policy often suffers from poor data. As a result, where limited resources should be invested and what differences they make in the long run are often the product of a hunch rather than fact. This paper seeks first to examine the utility of national statistical collections; second, to focus on national specialised collections; and finally, to suggest ways to build on current research collections to enhance the capacity of policy makers at all levels of government to tackle the problem of drugs and criminal activity.
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