Treating Drug Abusers in Prison

Competing Paradigms Anchored in Different Welfare Ideologies. The Case of Sweden

Bibliographic Data

ID23677971
AuthorsAnders Bruhn (0000-0002-5683-179X, Örebro University, corresponding author), Odd Lindberg (Örebro University), Per Åke Nylander (Örebro University)
Year2017
Pages177-204
Publication date2017-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeCHAPTER
VenueScandinavian Penal History, Culture and Prison Practice (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1057/978-1-137-58529-5_8
OpenAlexW2741955316
ISBN9781137585295
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited30

The number of prisoners in Sweden categorized as drug abusers have increased substantially in the last 20 years according to the Swedish Prison and Probation Service (SPPS). Drug abusers are defined by SPPS as those who have used illicit drugs during the previous 12 months (Ekbom et al. 2006). In 1970 about 20 % of the prisoners could be classified as drug abusers, while they made up 28 % of the prison population in 1997 (Amilon and Edstedt 1998). In 2010 the number of prisoners with drug problems had risen to 60 % (Ekbom et al. 2011). One reason for this increase may be the sentencing policy. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.

Criminology · Drug · Drug abuser · Environmental health · Political science · Population · Prison · Prison population · Psychiatry · Welfare · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints · Homelessness and Social Issues · Law · Medicine · Psychology

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