... of the role service providers have in the success or failure of the initiative. Harm reduction Community-based organizations Focused deterrence Impact players Social service providers Targeted high-risk offenders Understanding the deterrability of offenders targeted by focused deterrence...

...Linda Cusick; Kathryn McGarry; Georgina Perry; Sian Kilcommons In this paper, academics and managers of specialist services reflect on the shifting policy and funding landscapes that shape service provision for drug‐using sex workers in England and Ireland. The paper outlines the harm reduction...

... experiences to the situation in Britain. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 International drug policy Service user involvement Harm reduction RESEARCH Abstract In Britain, the last two decades have seen a considerable increase in focus on service users involvement in the provision...

...David Bolt In a response to Caulkins' and Reuter's paper in this edition, David Bolt accepts that arresting and imprisoning criminals is ‘no longer seen as the end‐game’. He is supportive of a harm‐reduction approach, but raises practical issues about its implementation. In particular, he...

.... They argue that crime is not just a police issue and that a harm‐reduction approach to enforcement fits in well with a multi‐agency response where the role of the local authority is critical and the approach is responsive to the needs of residents. RESPONSE A local authority perspective Abstract This article...

...Jonathan Caulkins; Peter Reuter This article provides an overview of the opportunities enforcement has to undertake activities to reduce harms caused by drug markets. Four pathways are open to the police in relation to drug harm‐reduction: reducing the amount of drug use; reducing the harm...

...: psychopharmacological, economic‐compulsive and systemic. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Drug markets Harm reduction Policing RESPONSE What do law enforcement strategies contribute to UK drug harm-reduction? Abstract Drawing on his personal experience as a police officer and a range...