Titre : | From zero-tolerance to non-enforcement: creating a new space for drug policing in Copenhagen, Denmark (2014) |
Auteurs : | E. HOUBORG ; V. A. FRANK ; B. BJERGE |
Type de document : | Article : Périodique |
Dans : | Contemporary Drug Problems (Vol.41, n°2, Summer 2014) |
Article en page(s) : | 261-291 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Discipline : | SHS (Sciences humaines et sociales / Humanities and social sciences) |
Mots-clés : |
Thésaurus géographique DANEMARKThésaurus mots-clés SCENE OUVERTE ; REDUCTION DES RISQUES ET DES DOMMAGES ; POLITIQUE ; EVOLUTION |
Résumé : | The neighborhood of Vesterbro in Copenhagen has housed the largest open drug scene in Denmark since the 1980s. In recent years there has been a remarkable change in the police strategy towards this drug scene from zero tolerance to a non-enforcement strategy. This article presents a case study of this change in strategy and its implications for more general discussions about drug control and harm reduction. With inspiration from the governmentality literature, in particular how government involves the construction of governable spaces, and police research that emphasizes the territorial aspects of policing, the article seeks to characterize the difference between the two drug control strategies at Vesterbro. The analysis is based on original research and secondary literature. The article concludes that the nonenforcement strategy opens up the drug scene to new kinds of intervention by police and social welfare institutions, and that it changes the relationship between social welfare provision and policing. |
Domaine : | Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs |
Affiliation : | Centre for Alcohol and Drug Research, Aarhus University, Denmark |
Cote : | Abonnement |
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