‘Valuable Lives to Save’ vs. ‘Babysitting These People While They Try to Kill Themselves’: Changing Police Attitudes Towards Safe Consumption Sites

North American police responses to the ‘drug issue’ have long been shaped by a crime control rather than a harm reduction imperative. Consequently, police officers’ responses to safe consumption sites (SCSs), where people who use illicit drugs can reduce personal health risks by administering previo...

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Authors: McNeilly, Rebekah (Author) ; Berardi, Luca (Author) ; Haggerty, Kevin D. (Author) ; Bucerius, Sandra M. 1978- (Author) ; Krahn, Harvey 1950- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2024
In: The British journal of criminology
Year: 2024, Volume: 64, Issue: 6, Pages: 1275-1291
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)
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Keywords:
Policing
Fentanyl
overdoses
Harm Reduction
drug poisoning crisis
Police Culture