Howard Parker, Professor of Social Work at Manchester University, tests awareness of post-modern drug consumption patterns and asks if the Probation Service is alert to the imminent demands these will pose for the criminal justice system and local corporate partnership strategies.
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Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs Drug Misuse and The Criminal Justice System Part I. Community Resources and the Probation Service, HMSO, 1991.
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Measham, F., Newcombe R., and Parker H., 'The normalisation of recreational drug use amongst young people in North West England'British Journal of Sociology45, 2, pp 307-332, 1994.
