Alcohol/Drugs/Gambling
The 2021 drugs plan sets out to break drug supply chains
What does the 2021 drugs plan say about tackling crime?
10th December 2021
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What does the 2021 drugs plan say about tackling crime?
Penal Reform International’s global report reveals gender discrimination in sentencing for drug offences.
The Centre for Social Justice wants a two year compulsory secure treatment approach to drug-fuelled shoplifting.
EMCDDA report finds that in 13% of all English & Welsh homicides, both murderer and victim were drug dealers.
New research from the Ministry of Justice and Public Health England finds drug treatment reduces reoffending by one third.
Changes in probation and substance misuse commissioning, combined with the very significant cuts to the prison system, have made it much more difficult for drug and/or alcohol dependent offenders to get the treatment which they need to achieve recovery, in which society needs to tackle crime.
We know that a large proportion of women in prison in England and Wales are drug dependent – 54% female remand prisoners were addicted to drugs in the year prior to being in prison. There is a parallel situation in the USA. Women are more than 50% more likely to be imprisoned for a drug crime than men (25.7% vs 17.2%).
From 2013/14 newly elected Police & Crime Commissioners will have responsibility for community safety and Drugs Intervention Programme budgets and will be looking for new
