Twisting arms or a helping hand?: assessing the impact of 'coerced' and comparable 'voluntary' drug treatment options

Despite the rapid expansion of options to coerce drug-dependent offenders into treatment - culminating recently in the provisions of the 2005 Drugs Act and the government's Tough Choices' agenda - research findings to date are equivocal about their impact in reducing crime. This paper pres...

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Contributors: McSweeney, Tim (Other) ; Stevens, Alex (Other) ; Hunt, Neil (Other) ; Turnbull, Paul J. (Other)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
Published: 2007
In: The British journal of criminology
Year: 2007, Volume: 47, Issue: 3, Pages: 470-490
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Keywords:
Drogentherapie
Drogentäter
Zwang
Freiwilligkeit
Auswirkungen
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