AT THE FRONTIERS OF REPRESSION - DRUGS (FROM FRONTIERS OF REPRESSION, PART 2 MORALS, DRUGS - SEE NCJ-28524)

• NCJ Number: 28529
• Author(s): M FRANCHIMONT
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 8 pages
• Corporate Author: Parc Leopold
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: French
• Country: Belgium
• Note: *This document is currently unavailable from NCJRS. PAPER PRESENTED AT CRIMINOLOGY CONGRESS, BRUSSELS, MARCH 15-18, 1972

Annotation

DISCUSSION OF THE SOCIAL FUNCTION AND JUSTIFICATION OF CRIMINAL LAWS WHICH ATTEMPT TO CONTROL THE USE OF DRUGS.

Abstract

THE AUTHOR CONCLUDES THAT THE CRIMINAL LAW SHOULD BE A VEHICLE OF INTERVENTION FOR CONTROLLING THE USE OF NEW TYPES OF DRUGS ONLY AS A LAST RESORT. SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM OF DRUGS WILL HAVE TO COME ON A BROADER SOCIAL AND CULTURAL BASIS THAN THE CRIMINAL LAW. --IN FRENCH