TOP AND BOTTOM - HOW POLICE ADMINISTRATORS AND PUBLIC INEBRIATES VIEW DECRIMINALIZATION

• NCJ Number: 32190
• Journal: Journal of Drug Issues Volume: 5 Issue: 4 Dated: (AUTUMN 1975) Pages: 412-425
• Author(s): E RUBINGTON
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 14 pages
• Corporate Author: Journal of Drug Issues
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: REPRINT

Annotation

PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF A STUDY OF THE EFFECTS OF DECRIMINALIZATION IN BOSTON SUPPORT THE EXPECTATION THAT AS CONTACTS BETWEEN POLICE AND INEBRIATES DECREASE BOTH ARE MORE WILLING TO VIEW ALCOHOLISM AS A SICKNESS.

Abstract

AS A RESULT, BOTH POLICE AND INEBRIATES SHOULD BE MORE FAVORABLE TO THE IDEA OF DECRIMINALIZATION. NONE POLICE ADMINISTRATORS FAVOR DECRIMINALIZATION AND WOULD BE MORE FAVORABLE IF THERE WERE MORE DETOXIFICATION FACILITIES. TWENTY-ONE INEBRIATES INTERVIEWED IN A DETOXIFICATION CENTER REPORT LESS FREQUENT CONTACT WITH, AND MORE CONSIDERATIN FROM, POLICE PATROLMEN. FIFTEEN OF THE 21 FAVOR DECRIMINALIZATION. THOSE INEBRIATES WHO HAVE THE HIGHEST RATES OF CONTACT WITH DETOXIFICATION FACILITIES ARE MORE LIKELY TO DEFINE THEMSELVES AS ALCOHOLICS. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)