RT Article
T1 Developing a penal abolitionist application to drug treatment drawing from insider perspectives and lived experiences
JF Criminology & criminal justice
VO 46
IS 1
SP 1
OP 32
A1 Woodall, Denise
A2 Boeri, Miriam
LA English
YR 2020
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1881250962
AB As evidence of a failing war on drugs mounts and a deadly opioid crisis continues,U.S. drug policy is slowly changing to less punitive responses to drug use. Colla-borations between treatment programs and law enforcement gained praise frompoliticians, but concerns regarding the impact of increased surveillance and the risingculture of control call for greater focus on these governing relationships. Framedwithin an abolitionist perspective, and incorporating insights from successful modelsof decriminalization in Portugal and deinstitutionalization in Italy, our analysis ofin-depth interviews with 117 people who are actively using opioids seeks tounderstand their perspectives on treatment drawing on lived experiences. Findingsreveal a need for a paradigm shift in drug policy as well as treatment practices andincreased access to targeted social resources in the community. An application ofpenal abolition policy requires decriminalizing (or legalizing) drug use and creatingcommissions composed of community members, peers, and professionals dis-connected from the criminal justice system.
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 25-32
NO Auch erschienen unter: https://doi.org/10.1177/0160597620978782
K1 War on drugs
K1 penal abolition
K1 Drug Policy
K1 Opioid use
K1 Treatment