Drug Crime, Drug Problems and Criminal Justice
Sentencing Trends and Enforcement Targets
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13895290 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mike Collison (Keele University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 25-40 |
| Publication date | 1994-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Howard Journal of Criminal Justice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0265-5527 • E-ISSN: 1468-2311 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1468-2311.1994.tb00792.x |
| OpenAlex | W2062580942 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 10 |
In the latter half of the 1980s official criminal justice policy on drug misuse in the UK began to take on an increasingly bifurcated form. An emphasis on harm reduction and diversion into treatment and away from the penal system has (in theory) come to inform the approach to those implicated in drug or other crime because of dependency (cultural, pharmacological and psychological). However, at the same time proactive enforcement measures have been encouraged and the courts have been provided with extra retributive powers ‐ both changes targetted on the traffickers whose commitment to profit and enterprise enables the illicit market to function and flourish. By looking at recent statistical trends in sentencing and law enforcement it is argued that the courts and the police have not followed injunctions to divert the user and punish the cynical dealer in clear cut ways and that the criminal justice and penal systems continue to deal, in judicial forms, with the users of drugs rather than the ‘demons’ of populist and political mythologies
Criminal justice · Criminal law · Criminology · Economic Justice · Enforcement · Harm · Harm reduction · Law and economics · Law enforcement · Political science · Politics · Retributive justice · Sociology · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · Law · Medicine
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |