One of Britain’s best known arrest referral schemes gives Druglink readers the low-down on getting arrestees into treatment and off the drug-crime roundabout. Get it while you can: the walking talking calling card (PDF)
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Druglink article 1997 – New ideas in the field by Professor Philip Bean
With all the politicians out bidding each other as the ‘toughest on drugs’ it comes as something of a surprise to find that there are still a few new ideas doing the rounds in Westminster. Here we present two of…
Druglink article 1996 – Drug testing in the workplace by Sarah Goode
The issue of drug testing has once again hit the headlines but this time it’s not prisoners who will be tested. The announcement by Grampian police that it is beginning to test recruits, officers and civilian staff has made workplace…
Druglink article 1996 – Care and control: implementing a prison drug strategy by Jim Heyes and Gaynor King
Swansea prison introduced a drug strategy in 1995. It had two main elements, based on the custodial themes of ‘care’ and ‘control’. Though the supply reduction measures were simple to implement, the demand reduction measures required more attention. The introduction…
Druglink article 1996 – The outsider by Jerry Stokes
Drug agencies working in prisons have to deal with many issues not encountered by their peers in the community. Most significant is that they are based in an institutionalised setting defined by rules and regulations but their is also often…
Druglink article 1996 – Drug testing in prisons by Anthony Hewitt
All prisons must now carry out mandatory drug testing of their inmates. Each month, ten per cent of a prison’s population is randmonly tested and a positive test can result in harsh disciplinary penalties. However there are a number of…
Druglink article 1995 – Drug courts USA by Philip Bean
The drug courts which began in Miami in 1989 offered an alternative to a criminal justice system seen as failing with drug offenders. The judge also acts as a social worker, prosecutor and defender. Offenders are sent to treatment programmes…
Druglink article 1995 – Mind your own business by Chris Britton
One strand of national policy encourages offenders to own up to their drug problems – but do other strands give them overriding reasons not to? This probation officer’s eye view suggests schemes to divert offenders into treatment could fail at…
Druglink article 1995 – No big deal: court ordered treatment in practice by Maggie Lee and Sarah Mainwaring
Two studies have assessed the practical impact of the provision introduced in 1992 allowing courts to make it a condition of a probation order that drug dependents undergo community based treatment. Courts rarely used this option and it had little…
Druglink article 1994 – Race and drug policing in London by Geoffrey Monaghan
Is London’s drug policing racist? What evidence there is argues to the contrary. Race and drug policing in London (PDF) Additional keywords: Minorities / arrests