A global review of prison drug smuggling routes and trends in the usage of drugs in prisons

C Norman - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Forensic Science, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Prisoners have significantly greater levels of drug use than the general population, which is
related to many adverse outcomes both during and post‐imprisonment. Reducing the …

Behind bars: the truth about drugs in prisons

A O'Hagan, R Hardwick - Forensic Research & Criminology …, 2017 - irep.ntu.ac.uk
The consumption and dealing of drugs has long been a criminal offence, so how are drugs
finding their way into prisons that are meant to be secure places of law enforcement? To be …

The impact of empathy—explaining diversity in street-level decision-making

DC Jensen, LB Pedersen - Journal of Public Administration …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
This article investigates whether the empathic abilities of street-level bureaucrats have an
impact on their discretionary decision-making. The impact of empathic abilities on decision …

Drugs in prisons: Exploring use, control, treatment and policy

T Kolind, K Duke - Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Drugs are an increasingly salient concern in many prisons around the world. Specific prison
drug policies are made, drugs are illegally used and legally prescribed, drug use and drug …

The risk matrix: Drug‐related deaths in prisons in England and Wales, 2015–2020

K Duke, H Gleeson, S MacGregor… - Journal of community …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This article explores the factors contributing to drug‐related deaths in English and Welsh
prisons between 2015 and 2020. Based on content analysis of all Prison and Probation …

An assessment of the knowledge, support, and behavior surrounding the implementation of the Prison Rape Elimination Act

HP Smith, F Ferdik, C Dunton… - Criminal Justice and …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
The Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) was designed to eliminate from corrections
systems all acts of sexual violence. PREA's success will be determined by whether …

The floating signifier of 'safety': correctional officer perspectives on COVID-19 restrictions, legitimacy and prison order

WJ Schultz, R Ricciardelli - The British Journal of Criminology, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect prisons internationally. Existing research
focuses on infection data, meaning we do not fully understand how COVID-19 shapes …

'This is not what I signed up for'–Danish prison officers' attitudes towards more punitive penal policies

D Damsa - Punishment & Society, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
A humane approach to punishment has been integral to the work of the Danish Prisons and
Probation Service. However, Danish penal policy has recently taken a punitive turn. What …

“I lost me visits” a critical examination of prison drug policy and its effects on connection to family for incarcerated young men with histories of injecting drug use

S Walker, K Lancaster, M Stoové… - Contemporary Drug …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Utilizing Bacchi's poststructuralist approach,“What's the problem represented to be?,” we
critically examine how the “problem” of drug use in prison is represented within a key …

Police officer perceptions towards drug liberalization policies in the context of an overdose crisis in British Columbia, Canada

AM Greer, A Butler, N Zakimi… - … : Education, Prevention and …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Background British Columbia, Canada, is experiencing an overdose crisis that has
pushed drug liberalization policies to the forefront of the response. This study examines …