Vietnam’s policing in harm reduction: Has one decade seen changes in drug control?
Alongside raising awareness and creating activities to develop a harm-reduction approach in the HIV/AIDS campaign since the end of the 2000s, broader harm-reduction interventions in Vietnam were also deployed that included several positive steps. Police forces, a fundamental sector in reducing the...
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Alongside raising awareness and creating activities to develop a harm-reduction approach in the HIV/AIDS campaign since the end of the 2000s, broader harm-reduction interventions in Vietnam were also deployed that included several positive steps. Police forces, a fundamental sector in reducing the supply of illicit drugs, were also involved, partly to concretize this approach. As the first paper to examine the role of police in harm-reduction interventions in Vietnam, the current study utilizes qualitative approaches relying on in-depth interviews conducted with multiple key informants from government and its related bodies, United Nations personnel, and non-government organizations (NGOs), as well as police officers. We uncover noticeable progress in changing minds and approaches to apply harm reduction in drug policy, particularly within policing. However, major barriers in regulations, slow acceptance by police forces, and a lack of curriculum and courses in police training have limited harm-reduction approaches. As the first study to review and assess the policy of harm reduction after one decade, the paper contributes to a deeper understanding of the nature of Vietnam’s police provisions to balance and improve harm reduction in drug control.
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| spelling | doaj.art-6f886d0bd84648549b77bf467b3436ef2023-12-02T22:38:14ZengSG PublishingJournal of Community Safety and Well-Being2371-42982019-12-014410.35502/jcswb.108Vietnam’s policing in harm reduction: Has one decade seen changes in drug control?Hai Thanh Luong0Toan Quang Le1Dung Tien Lam2Bac Gia Ngo3RMIT UniversityFaculty of Criminal Investigation People's Police Academy Co Nhue 2 Ward, Bac Tu Liem District, Hanoi, VietnamCentre for Teacher Training and Professional Development People's Police Academy Co Nhue 2 Ward, Bac Tu Liem District, Hanoi, VietnamFaculty of Anti Drug Related Crime Investigation People's Police Academy Co Nhue 2 Ward, Bac Tu Liem District, Hanoi, Vietnam Alongside raising awareness and creating activities to develop a harm-reduction approach in the HIV/AIDS campaign since the end of the 2000s, broader harm-reduction interventions in Vietnam were also deployed that included several positive steps. Police forces, a fundamental sector in reducing the supply of illicit drugs, were also involved, partly to concretize this approach. As the first paper to examine the role of police in harm-reduction interventions in Vietnam, the current study utilizes qualitative approaches relying on in-depth interviews conducted with multiple key informants from government and its related bodies, United Nations personnel, and non-government organizations (NGOs), as well as police officers. We uncover noticeable progress in changing minds and approaches to apply harm reduction in drug policy, particularly within policing. However, major barriers in regulations, slow acceptance by police forces, and a lack of curriculum and courses in police training have limited harm-reduction approaches. As the first study to review and assess the policy of harm reduction after one decade, the paper contributes to a deeper understanding of the nature of Vietnam’s police provisions to balance and improve harm reduction in drug control. https://www.journalcswb.ca/index.php/cswb/article/view/108 |
| spellingShingle | Hai Thanh Luong Toan Quang Le Dung Tien Lam Bac Gia Ngo Vietnam’s policing in harm reduction: Has one decade seen changes in drug control? Journal of Community Safety and Well-Being |
| title | Vietnam’s policing in harm reduction: Has one decade seen changes in drug control? |
| title_full | Vietnam’s policing in harm reduction: Has one decade seen changes in drug control? |
| title_fullStr | Vietnam’s policing in harm reduction: Has one decade seen changes in drug control? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Vietnam’s policing in harm reduction: Has one decade seen changes in drug control? |
| title_short | Vietnam’s policing in harm reduction: Has one decade seen changes in drug control? |
| title_sort | vietnam s policing in harm reduction has one decade seen changes in drug control |
| url | https://www.journalcswb.ca/index.php/cswb/article/view/108 |
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