Naslov
The treatment of Drug Addicts in the Prison System

Autori
Mužinić, Lana ; Penić, Zvonimir ; Vukota, Ljiljana ; Žarković Palijan, Tija

Izvornik
Alcoholism (0002-502X) 47 (2011), 2; 111-126

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, pregledni rad, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
psychiatry ; treatment of drug addicts

Sažetak
A great number of persons addicted to drugs are in the prison system. According to Walmsey, the significant increase in the prisoners' population in the world (estimated to 9 million prisoners in prisons of 211 countries) can be attributed to an increased criminal activity in persons using illicit drugs. Reports on the number of crimes linked to drugs (possession, trafficking) are various since the number of these crimes depends on a certain country's penal policy and policy of fighting substance abuse. In all countries the increase in the number of crimes connected to use, possession and trafficking is significant. The increase in crime commitment can be caused by the occurrence of comorbidity, in which case addiction is in comorbidity with psychiatric disorders, or the psychiatric disorders are in comorbidity with psychoactive substance abuse and psychoactive substance addiction. New trends show that Croatia is not significantly different from the developed countries of Eastern and Western Europe, as well as new member countries of the EU. The present paper will show the experience in the Croatian prison system with a review of characteristics of addicts considering gender and age, type of penal sanctions and type of psychoactive substances, which affects also the choice of the treatment the addicts will be included in, as well as planning post-penal monitoring.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kliničke medicinske znanosti, Biotehnologija u biomedicini (prirodno područje, biomedicina i zdravstvo, biotehničko područje)

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