Policy on drugs in Norwegian prisons: Increased control, answers to poverties and looking for a life after release

NAD Publication

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 589-604

  Giertsen, Hedda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Drug policy; Harm reduction; Norway; Politics on poverty; Prison policy; Rehabilitation; Treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873691140     PISSN: 03597024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2478/v10199-012-0049-0     Document Type: Article

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