Transcript Yeah, yeah. We Know!

Geoffrey Monaghan 10-11 May Rome
Regulation
Yeah, yeah. We know!
Consultation on Policing among MARPs: Definitions
Harm Reduction
 A policy or programme directed toward decreasing the
adverse health, social and economic consequences of drug
use without requiring abstinence from drug use.
Riley, D. et el (1999) Harm Reduction: Concepts and Practice. A Policy Discussion
Paper. Substance Use & Misuse Vol. 34, No. 1, pp. 9 – 22
 Policies, programmes and practices that aim primarily to
reduce the adverse health, social and economic
consequences of the use of legal and illegal psychoactive
drugs without necessarily reducing drug consumption.
International Harm Reduction Association (2009) What is harm reduction? A position
statement from the IHRA
Harm Reduction
 Laws, policies, programmes and practices that aim
primarily to reduce the adverse health, social and
economic consequences of:
(a)
drug misuse (without necessarily reducing the
number of drug misusers or levels of drug
consumption), and
(b)
sex work (without necessarily reducing the number
of sex workers or the services they provide)
Monaghan, G. (April 2011) Presentation to UNODC County Team, Vietnam
Sex Work
 Sex work is an umbrella term used to describe any kind of
work that involves providing or offering to provide sexual
services for reward. Sex workers may be males, females or
transsexuals and their activities include everything from
erotic posing (‘peep shows’), erotic massage, to phone and
internet sex, nude dancing to having sexual intercourse.
The term sex worker should be construed accordingly.
Monaghan, G. (December 2010) Presentation to UN County Team, Vietnam
This definition is adapted from that coined by Cory Silverman:
see Sex Work About.com.Sexuality http://sexuality.about.com/od/glossary/g/sex_work.htm
Drug Misuse
 The licit or illicit consumption of a drug that leads the
consumer to experience social, psychological, physical or
legal problems related to intoxication, consumption
(excessive or otherwise) or dependence.
Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (1990)
Zero Tolerance
 The policy or practice of not tolerating undesirable behavior,
such as violence or illegal drug use, especially in the
automatic imposition of severe penalties for first offences.
 The policy of applying laws or penalties to even minor
infringements of a code in order to reinforce its overall
importance.
The Free Dictionary by Farlex (accessed 28 April 2012)
Zero Tolerance
 [Zero tolerance is] synonymous with an aggressive law
enforcement approach to policing, where no exceptions are
made for the type of offences being committed or the
circumstances in which they occur
Hyde, M. (August 1998) Commissioner’s Comments SApol, Issue No. 5.
 While [zero tolerance] does include ‘positive action’ by police,
it does no necessarily equate to automatic arrest for trivial
offences.
Marshall, J. (March 1999) Zero Tolerance Policing Information Bulletin, Issue No. 9. p. 10.