Policing Drugs: Legitimacy, Practice, and the Self-Legitimacy of Drug Detectives

By Steven Debbaut

Exploring the complex interplay between drug law enforcement and self-legitimacy among police officers, this book, through ten months of ethnographic research in Belgian cities, examines how drug detectives justify their role within a challenging landscape of moral, social, and legal dilemmas.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032756411
• ISBN13: 9781032756417
• Release Date: August 2026
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"