RT Article
T1 National narcotics agencies in Southeast Asia: relics of the regional ‘war ondDrugs’
JF Capital drug laws in Asia
SP 167
OP 199
A1 Pascoe, Daniel 1983-
LA English
YR 2025
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1950708608
AB National narcotics agencies are a feature of law enforcement for drug crimes worldwide. They exist in most Southeast Asian nations that retain the death penalty for drug offences, including in Indonesia (Badan Narkotika Nasional); Singapore (Central Narcotics Board); Thailand (Narcotics Control Board); and Malaysia (Agensi Antidadah Kebangsaan). This chapter undertakes a comparative study of national narcotics agencies in Southeast Asia. Each of the aforementioned four agencies plays an outsize role in shaping both public opinion and government policy on the death penalty for drugs and on punitive responses to non-capital drug crimes more generally. Previous NGO reports and academic studies on Southeast Asian drug policy have failed to consider the institutional dimensions of drug control: this chapter aims to rectify this particular gap in the literature. Comparing relevant institutions across the region, this chapter accounts for organisational similarities and differences, explores the relationship between anti-drugs and other state institutions, and suggests modest policy recommendations.
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 191-198
SN 9781009513517
K1 Southeast Asia
K1 ASEAN
K1 Drugs
K1 Narcotics
K1 government agencies
K1 Law Enforcement
K1 Death Penalty
K1 Harm Reduction