This working group is a joint initiative between the ISSDP and the European Society of Criminology. It brings together members of both societies who share an interest in drug policy in Europe.
Past activities:
Drugs in prison: Panel of the joint ISSDP/ESC working group on European drug policy at the ISSDP conference, 2018:
- Paul Gray, Rob Ralphs & Lisa Williams, ‘Harm reduction or a catalyst for new harms: The consequences of substance use legislation on drug use & markets in an English prison‘
- Linn Gjersing & Anne Line Bretteville-Jensen, ‘Using Linked Administrative Data to Examine the Impact of the Seizure and Investigation of Illegal Drug Consignments on Local Communities’
- Charlie Lloyd, Neil McKeganey, Alison Liebling, Geoff Page & Christopher Russell, ‘Faltering Recovery: the British experiment with Drug Recovery Wings‘
- Liesbeth Vandam, Linda Montanari, Tim Surmont, Prem Borlé, Alessandro Pirona, Dagmar Hedrich, & Jane Mounteney, ‘The challenge of new psychoactive substances in the prison context – a European overview‘
Researching cryptomarkets: Panel of the joint ISSDP/ESC working group on European drug policy at the ESC conference, 2017:
- David Décary-Hétu, ‘With a Strong Bubble Gum Taste”: Becoming a Successful Cocaine Vendor on Darknet Markets‘
- Ben Matthews, ‘‘Using Linked Administrative Data to Examine the Impact of the Seizure and Investigation of Illegal Drug Consignments on Local Communities‘
Drug Policy Analysis: Panel session at the 2015 conference of the European Society of Criminology
- Marianne van Ooyen, ‘Dutch drug policy-Changes and their impact on drug markets’
- Letizia Paoli, ‘The harms of cocaine trafficking in the Netherlands and Belgium: policy implications from comparative assessment.’
- Caitlin Hughes, ‘Australian alternatives to arrest and imprisonment for drug and drug-related offenders: assessing program and system outcomes.’
Meeting on Portuguese drug policy: domestic and international perspectives. Porto, 2nd September 2015.
- João Goulão, ‘The current state of development of Portuguese drug policy’
- Cristina Reis, ‘The implementation of Portuguese drug policy: issues for CDTs’
- Maria dos Anjos, ‘The implementation of Portuguese drug policy: issues for CDTs’
- Caitlin Hughes, ‘The international use and misuse of the Portuguese example’
- Helmut Kury, ‘A view from Europe’
- Serge Brochu, ‘A view from North America’
- Jorge Qunitas, ‘Portuguese drug use decriminalisation and law enforcement: Impacts and perceptions of its effectiveness‘
European drug policy and international reforms, Panel at the 2015 conference of the ISSDP
- Caroline Chatwin, ‘International drug policy reform: lessons from Europe’
- Renaud Colson, ‘Cannabis regulation in Europe: US legal transplant ahead?’
- Christine Guillain, ‘The UN Drug Control Treaties: What constraints on Europe?‘
- Ann Fordham, ‘Europe and the UN General Assembly Special Session on Drugs – complacency or the “third way”?’
