What Could an Asymmetrical Strategy Against Organised Crime Look Like? A Lesson from the Drug Policy Debate
<p class="p1">The debate regarding the ideal response to organised crime is quickly evolving, although it remains often remarkably disconnected from the even more rapidly moving discussion on drugs. One important connection between these two debates is the application of a similar se...
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| description | <p class="p1">The debate regarding the ideal response to organised crime is quickly evolving, although it remains often remarkably disconnected from the even more rapidly moving discussion on drugs. One important connection between these two debates is the application of a similar set of terminology – namely that of harm reduction. Harm reduction focuses on examining policy responses in ways which both highlight prevention and individual and community impacts, including the impact of law enforcement itself. If such a lens is applied to organised crime it is suggested that the three areas of focus should be: the reducing of violence; protecting political processes, and reducing impunity through high level and “symbolic” prosecutions.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c382c1d8d6894c549c12f62b65147d522023-01-04T15:01:01ZengLSE PressJournal of Illicit Economies and Development2516-72272019-01-01119910610.31389/jied.183What Could an Asymmetrical Strategy Against Organised Crime Look Like? A Lesson from the Drug Policy DebateMark Shaw0Global Initiative against Transnational Organised Crime<p class="p1">The debate regarding the ideal response to organised crime is quickly evolving, although it remains often remarkably disconnected from the even more rapidly moving discussion on drugs. One important connection between these two debates is the application of a similar set of terminology – namely that of harm reduction. Harm reduction focuses on examining policy responses in ways which both highlight prevention and individual and community impacts, including the impact of law enforcement itself. If such a lens is applied to organised crime it is suggested that the three areas of focus should be: the reducing of violence; protecting political processes, and reducing impunity through high level and “symbolic” prosecutions.</p>https://jied.lse.ac.uk/articles/18organised crimeharm reductionasymmetrical strategy |
| spellingShingle | Mark Shaw What Could an Asymmetrical Strategy Against Organised Crime Look Like? A Lesson from the Drug Policy Debate Journal of Illicit Economies and Development organised crime harm reduction asymmetrical strategy |
| title | What Could an Asymmetrical Strategy Against Organised Crime Look Like? A Lesson from the Drug Policy Debate |
| title_full | What Could an Asymmetrical Strategy Against Organised Crime Look Like? A Lesson from the Drug Policy Debate |
| title_fullStr | What Could an Asymmetrical Strategy Against Organised Crime Look Like? A Lesson from the Drug Policy Debate |
| title_full_unstemmed | What Could an Asymmetrical Strategy Against Organised Crime Look Like? A Lesson from the Drug Policy Debate |
| title_short | What Could an Asymmetrical Strategy Against Organised Crime Look Like? A Lesson from the Drug Policy Debate |
| title_sort | what could an asymmetrical strategy against organised crime look like a lesson from the drug policy debate |
| topic | organised crime harm reduction asymmetrical strategy |
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