Prison-based drug treatment in Finland: History, shifts in policy making and current status:

Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

JouniTourunen¹ 

关键词: prison;    drug treatment;    criminal policy;    drug policy;    drug-related problems;    Finl;   

DOI  :  10.2478/v10199-012-0048-1

学科分类：生物化学/生物物理

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

AimThe article outlines, at the level of political discourse, changes in drug and criminal policy that may have influenced the penal system as a backdrop to the rise of prison-based drug treatment programmes (PBDT) in Finland.Methods and DataOur perspective is historical. The article is based on historical and political documents, scholarly research and white papers.ResultsThe history of PBDT in Finland is characterised by an absence of drug treatment programmes until the 1980s, first initiatives at the end of the 1980s, enthusiastic programme development from the mid-1990s, and decreasing interest during recent years. Unlike the National Drug Strategy, the Prison Drug Strategy aimed at a drug-free environment (zero tolerance) and implemented harm-reduction measures only to a limited extent.ConclusionThe development of PBDT represents the new way of performing treatment in prisons, with features of managerialism. PBDT is also affected by an organisational segregation of rehabilitation and medical treatmen...

【 授权许可】

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