CONTRIBUTIONS BY THE STATE UNIVERSITY AT GHENT, BELGIUM (SCHOOL FOR CRIMINOLOGICAL SCIENCES)TO THE CRIMINOLOGICAL CONGRESS ORGANIZED BY THE INSTITUTE FOR SOCIOLOGY, FREE UNIV OF BRUSSELS, MARCH 15-18, 1972 (SEE NCJ-28524)

• NCJ Number: 28535
• Author(s): W CALEWAERT
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 9 pages
• Corporate Author: Parc Leopold
• Publication Format: Document
• Country: Belgium
• Note: *This document is currently unavailable from NCJRS. PAPER PRESENTED AT CRIMINOLOGY CONGRESS, BRUSSELS, MARCH 15-18, 1972

Annotation

OUTLINE OF RESEARCH CONTRIBUTIONS ON THE LEGAL, JUVENILE, NEURO-PSYCHOLOGICAL, SOCIOLOGICAL, AND CORRECTIONAL ASPECTS OF DRUG USE AND ITS REPRESSION BY THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IN BELGIUM AND THE NETHERLANDS.

Abstract

THE STUDIES OUTLINED INDICATE THE ESSENTIALLY PENAL CHARACTER OF CURRENT SOCIAL CONTROL OF DRUG USE. HOWEVER, THE ORIGINS OF DRUG USE ARE GROUNDED IN INDIVIDUAL PSYCHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS AND THE TENSIONS OF SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CONFLICT. REPRESSION AND ESPECIALLY IMPRISONMENT ARE INEFFECTIVE MEANS OF CONTROLLING DRUG USE. -- IN DUTCH