New Belgium Security and Social Health Policies in the Field of Drug Addiction: Research on the Logic of Alliance

In Belgium, as elsewhere in Europe, the 1990s saw a refocus on the insecurity debate, in particular, in the field of drug addiction. One concern expressed by the polity was the need to create an alliance between practitioners defending "social" projects & those who support security or...

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Published inCriminologie (Montréal) Vol. 33; no. 2; pp. 109 - 127
Main Authors Devresse, Marie-Sophie, Cauchie, Jean-Francois
Format Journal Article
LanguageFrench
Published 01.10.2000
Subjects
Alliance
Belgium
Drug Addiction
Police
Security
Social Policy
Social Programs
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Summary:In Belgium, as elsewhere in Europe, the 1990s saw a refocus on the insecurity debate, in particular, in the field of drug addiction. One concern expressed by the polity was the need to create an alliance between practitioners defending "social" projects & those who support security or policing programs. In this light, this article presents the point of view of these different persons, but also demonstrates how the imposition of alliance dynamics drove them to adopt positions of withdrawal or dubious collaboration. Our research then questions the respective places of penal & social approaches to this problem & proposes a critical perspective of the evolution of a recourse to the repressive solution in general. 12 References. Adapted from the source document.
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ISSN:0316-0041