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MDMA Powder, Pills and Crystal: The persistance of ecstasy and the poverty of policy. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Commonly known as ecstasy, MDMA has been central to the British acid house, rave and dance club scene over the last 20 years. Figures from the annual national British Crime Survey suggest that ecstasy use has declined since 2001. This apparent decline is
Measham, Fiona   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Punishing Mothers for Men’s Violence: Failure to Protect Legislation and the Criminalisation of Abused Women

open access: yesFeminist Legal Studies, 2021
This article explores the gender dynamics of ‘causing or allowing a child to die’, contrary to the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004, section 5.
Sarah Singh
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A community‐driven approach to address substance use and create a Great Plains American Indian addiction and recovery research agenda

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Substance use, specifically opioid and methamphetamine use, is of increasing concern among American Indian (AI) populations in the Great Plains. This community‐driven participatory study investigated the impacts of substance use and community‐defined needs in treating addiction.
Brynn Luger   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Imperial Drug Economies, Development, and the Search for Alternatives in Asia, from Colonialism to Decolonisation

open access: yesRevue Internationale de Politique de Développement, 2020
This paper challenges contemporary policy conceptions on the historical relationship between drugs and development policies. It uses a historical analysis to examine the interaction of drugs, governance, security, welfare and economic development ...
John Collins
doaj   +1 more source

How the war on drugs impacts social determinants of health beyond the criminal legal system

open access: yesAnnals of Medicine, 2022
There is a growing recognition in the fields of public health and medicine that social determinants of health (SDOH) play a key role in driving health inequities and disparities among various groups, such that a focus upon individual-level medical ...
Aliza Cohen   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Criminalisation of Migration in Europe: A State-of-the-Art of the Academic Literature and Research. CEPS Liberty and Security in Europe No. 61, October 2013 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
In the last 30 years, a clear trend has come to define modern immigration law and policy. A set of seemingly disparate developments concerning the constant reinforcement of border controls, tightening of conditions of entry, expanding capacities for ...
Parkin, Joanna
core  

Four functions of mens rea [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Everyone agrees that mens rea is relevant to fault. The maxim actus non fit reus nisi mens sit rea has been around for centuries.1 According to foundational principles of the criminal law, it is normally not enough to support a conviction that D ...
Chan, Winnie M. F., Simester, A. P.
core   +1 more source

“Will you be there for me?” Social support from family and friends during cold case sexual assault prosecutions

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract If sexual assault survivors report the assault to the criminal legal system, they often need informal support from family and friends throughout the long and frequently retraumatizing process of investigation and prosecution. This study is part of a long‐term community‐based participatory action research project in a predominately Black ...
Rebecca Campbell   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Making War: Conflict Zones and Their Implications for Drug Policy

open access: yesRevue Internationale de Politique de Développement, 2020
The illicit drug economy has emerged as a major factor that can exacerbate violence, complicate peace negotiations and corrupt transitions from war to peace.
Tuesday Reitano
doaj   +1 more source

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