TREATMENT OF DRUG USERS IN A PENITENTIARY ENVIRONMENT (FROM FRONTIERS OF REPRESSION, PART 2, MORALS, DRUGS SEE NCJ-28524)

• NCJ Number: 28538
• Author(s): N WEINSTOCK
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 10 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

DISCUSSION AND STATISTICS REGARDING THE CHARACTERISTICS AND PATTERNS OF CONSUMPTION OF DRUG USERS IN PRISONS IN BELGIUM AND THE EFFECT OF INCARCERATION ON DRUG USE.

Abstract

STATISTICS FROM THE CORRECTIONAL SYSTEMS IN THE U.S. AND THE NETHERLANDS ARE ALSO CITED IN ASSERTING THAT IMPRISONMENT IS INEFFECTIVE IN STOPPING DRUG ABUSE. THIS PAPER WAS A CONTRIBUTION BY THE SCHOOL FOR CRIMINOLOGICAL STUDIES OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY AT GHENT, BELGIUM TO THE CRIMINOLOGICAL CONGRESS ORGANIZED BY THE INSTITUTE FOR SOCIOLOGY OF THE FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, MARCH 15-18, 1972. -- IN DUTCH