Origin and consequences of the war on drugs. from the united states to Andean countries

Revista Brasileira de Políticas Públicas

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Silvio Cuneo¹  Nicolás Oxman² 

[1] Universidad Central de Chile;Universidad Andrés Bello

关键词: War on Drugs;    Criminal Policy;    Mass Imprisonment;    Drug Courts.;   

DOI  :  10.5102/rbpp.v11i1.6960

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Centro Universitario de Brasilia

【 摘 要 】

This paper offers a study into the question on War on Drugs and its consequences in the Andean countries (Colombia, Peru and Bolivia). In particular, it addresses how the United States imposed a criminal policy response that led to mass imprisonment, the progressive increase of prison overcrowding and the criminal prosecution of people belonging to groups that are marginalised in society. The final part of the paper, opens the debate into the need to investigate a new criminal policy which aims at the rehabilitation of users and small-scale traffickers through the drug courts, directing the punitive response only at major organised crime.

【 授权许可】

CC BY