Jorgen Jepsen
Biographic Data
| ID | 2052367 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jorgen Jepsen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jorgen |
| FAMILY NAME | Jepsen |
| SIGNATURE | JEPSEN J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Aarhus University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Danish Drug Policy—an Ambivalent Balance between Repression and Welfare
Danish Drug Policy— An Ambivalent Balance between Repression and Welfare
This article maps recent developments in drug policy in Denmark: control, treatment, prevention, and harm reduction. Prevailing issues have been the introduction of a Danish heroin experiment, injection rooms and other harm reduction measures, moral panics around street level phenomena, and a renewed discussion of the relative roles of law enforcement and treatment/harm reduction. The power positions of the actors--police, politicians, administra…
What Kind of Science for What Kind of Decision? The Discourse on a Danish Heroin Maintenance Experiment
Following the reports on the Swiss heroin trials, Denmark has experienced a lengthy discourse on a possible Danish heroin experiment. Opponents have criticized the Swiss experiments on methodological grounds: they do not live up to rigid standards of scientific stringency, primarily the demands for a randomized clinical experiment (RCE). The article analyzes the basis for the Danish discourse, maintaining that the RCE design is not adequate for t…
European Drug Policies and Enforcement
Drug problems present sharp challenges for policing and democracy in the European Union. Across Europe, there has been a 'harmonisation' of tougher anti-trafficking measures (exceptional legal powers, more intrusive policing methods, cooperation on intelligence). Yet there is diversity in national and city-level policies on drug users (often stressing social integration rather than punishment). These hard/soft policies towards traffickers/users c…
Granice penalizacji
Danish Drug Policy— An Ambivalent Balance between Repression and Welfare
This article maps recent developments in drug policy in Denmark: control, treatment, prevention, and harm reduction. Prevailing issues have been the introduction of a Danish heroin experiment, injection rooms and other harm reduction measures, moral panics around street level phenomena, and a renewed discussion of the relative roles of law enforcement and treatment/harm reduction. The power positions of the actors--police, politicians, administra…
Granice penalizacji
European Drug Policies and Enforcement
Drug problems present sharp challenges for policing and democracy in the European Union. Across Europe, there has been a 'harmonisation' of tougher anti-trafficking measures (exceptional legal powers, more intrusive policing methods, cooperation on intelligence). Yet there is diversity in national and city-level policies on drug users (often stressing social integration rather than punishment). These hard/soft policies towards traffickers/users c…
What Kind of Science for What Kind of Decision? The Discourse on a Danish Heroin Maintenance Experiment
Following the reports on the Swiss heroin trials, Denmark has experienced a lengthy discourse on a possible Danish heroin experiment. Opponents have criticized the Swiss experiments on methodological grounds: they do not live up to rigid standards of scientific stringency, primarily the demands for a randomized clinical experiment (RCE). The article analyzes the basis for the Danish discourse, maintaining that the RCE design is not adequate for t…
Danish Drug Policy—an Ambivalent Balance between Repression and Welfare
Danish Drug Policy— An Ambivalent Balance between Repression and Welfare
This article maps recent developments in drug policy in Denmark: control, treatment, prevention, and harm reduction. Prevailing issues have been the introduction of a Danish heroin experiment, injection rooms and other harm reduction measures, moral panics around street level phenomena, and a renewed discussion of the relative roles of law enforcement and treatment/harm reduction. The power positions of the actors--police, politicians, administra…
Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Criminology (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance (2 works) · Danish (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Harm (2 works)