policyThis article examines contemporary developments in criminal justice responses to drug related crime. Drawing on evaluations of initiatives which have been introduced in Scotland along with published statistical data, it considers the expansion of drug treatment through the criminal justice system and ...
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"We also know that in the vicinity, there is a concentration of people involved in injecting away from home and who experience some of the highest rates of drug-related harm and fatality in Scotland, if not the United Kingdom. "It makes sense to deliver at this site, which is where the...
In America drug use is often associated with the underclass, black ghettos, the socially marginalised. Whilst it is true that poorest neighbourhoods are often where drug-related crime is most obvious, every strata of society is affected.
While suitable settings for DCS delivery will vary by intended demographic of service user [45], given the high level of drug-related harms and deaths experienced in Scotland, a number of participants described the importance of ensuring the intervention was suitable for those at highest risk of ...
Drug-related crime in Campbeltown is virtually non-existent but in Dunoon - an Argyll town of similar size where methadone is available - 27 drug dealers were charged by police last year. The Record revealed this week that chemists and doctors are raking in pounds 36million a year giving ou...
The biggest milestone was reached several weeks ago when Scotland's most senior prosecutor issued a landmark decision that it would "not be in the public interest" to take those using such a facility to court. The Lord Advocate's ruling paves the way for Glasgow to go ahead wi...
Recent research on organized crime narratives in Scotland highlights a similar picture (Densley et al.2018). In the context of high levels of ontological security—generated by the dual combination of economic deprivation and a lack of recognition (Young2007)—drug dealing delivered a double form ...
I hope teachers reading this might also begin to reflect on the potential for new, radical ways of addressing drug-related crime in Scotland - because we must continue to find ways to support and protect our most vulnerable young people from its worst effects. Ross Deuchar is professor of ...
DTTOs) were introduced through provisions in the Crime and Disorder Act 1998, with two Scottish pilot schemes established in Glasgow and Fife. This research was commissioned to examine the operation of the pilots and to evaluate their effectiveness in reducing drug misuse and related offending. Mai...