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Article de Périodique
Compulsory commitment to care of substance misusers: a worldwide comparative analysis of the legislation (2010)
Auteur(s) :
ISRAELSSON, M. ;
GERDNER, A.
Année
2010
Page(s) :
117-130
Sous-type de document :
Revue de la littérature / Literature review
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
64
Domaine :
Alcool / Alcohol ; Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
LOI (Loi et son application / Law enforcement)
Thésaurus mots-clés
OBLIGATION DE SOINS
;
TRAITEMENT
;
LEGISLATION
;
COMPARAISON
;
CONCEPT
;
DEFINITION
;
RECOMMANDATION
;
DISPOSITIF DE SOIN
Thésaurus géographique
INTERNATIONAL
;
AFRIQUE
;
ASIE
;
EUROPE
;
AMERIQUE
;
OCEANIE
Résumé :
This study explores the worldwide use of compulsory commitment to care (CCC) at the end of the 20th century and evaluates the implementation of WHO recommendations since the 1960s. Based on three WHO reports, the legislation of 90 countries and territories are analyzed, and types as well as predictors of such legislation are analyzed in multivariate models from country characteristics. Laws on CCC for alcohol and drug misusers are common all over the world; more than 80 percent of the countries and territories studied have such laws. The majority use civil commitment – acute or rehabilitative – in accordance with welfare logic, while a large minority still uses commitment under criminal law, based on a moral logic. Civil CCC is positively related to strong economies or having been part of the Soviet legal system. CCC under criminal law is negatively related to the same factors. [Journal's abstract]
Affiliation :
Department of Social Work, Mid Sweden University, Östersund, Sweden