Cannabis criminology: inequality, coercion, and illusions of reform

IF 1.5 4区社会学 Q3 SUBSTANCE ABUSE

Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy Pub Date : 2022-07-04 DOI:10.1080/09687637.2022.2081531

J. Wheeldon, J. Heidt

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Abstract

Abstract Cannabis liberalization is a fascinating case study in moral-legal re-negotiation. From broad international examples of decriminalization to specific local legalization models, numerous criminological questions are emerging. This paper describes three significant challenges for cannabis liberalization. These include persistent inequalities associated with policing cannabis, the invisibility of coercive care and control within diversion, and the hazards associated with illusory policy reform. We present Cannabis Criminology as a multidisciplinary effort to understand the prohibition, decriminalization, legalization, and nascent regulation of cannabis in ways that acknowledge but transcend law-based paradigms. Consistent with criminology's multiple and sometimes contradictory dimensions, we outline five thematic areas that can inform the study of cannabis. These include law, society, and social control, police and policing cannabis, race, ethnicity and intrusion, the economics of cannabis use, and cannabis and criminal behavior. Finally, we conclude that privileging the views of people who use cannabis can provoke more inclusive, participatory, and otherwise imaginative efforts.

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大麻犯罪学:不平等、强制和改革的幻想

大麻自由化是道德-法律重新谈判的一个引人入胜的案例研究。从广泛的国际非刑事化例子到具体的地方合法化模式，许多犯罪学问题正在出现。本文描述了大麻自由化的三个重大挑战。这些问题包括与监管大麻有关的持续不平等，在转移中不可见强制性护理和控制，以及与虚幻的政策改革有关的危险。我们提出大麻犯罪学作为一个多学科的努力，以了解大麻的禁止，非犯罪化，合法化和新生监管的方式，承认但超越了基于法律的范式。与犯罪学的多个有时相互矛盾的方面相一致，我们概述了可以为大麻研究提供信息的五个专题领域。这些问题包括法律、社会和社会控制、警察和管制大麻、种族、民族和入侵、大麻使用的经济学以及大麻和犯罪行为。最后，我们得出结论，对大麻使用者的观点给予特权可以激发更具包容性、参与性和想象力的努力。

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Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy SUBSTANCE ABUSE-

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4.30

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10.50%

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期刊介绍： Drugs: education, prevention & policy is a refereed journal which aims to provide a forum for communication and debate between policy makers, practitioners and researchers concerned with social and health policy responses to legal and illicit drug use and drug-related harm. The journal publishes multi-disciplinary research papers, commentaries and reviews on policy, prevention and harm reduction issues regarding the use and misuse of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs. It is journal policy to encourage submissions which reflect different cultural, historical and theoretical approaches to the development of policy and practice.