Addiction between therapy and criminalization.
The present paper delves into the question of whether and to what extent it is appropriate to leave addiction problems between the conflicting priorities of therapy and criminalization. After outlining the issue the criminal addictive behaviour including crimes associated with drug misuse and with obtaining drugs is described. Subsequently it is discussed if and how you could make allowances for addiction-related legal insanity in the criminal law sector. Following a few remarks on the principle of "voluntary therapy instead of penal sanction" as a way to alleviate the strict law on narcotic drugs misuse a summary and an outlook with criminal-political demands complete the issue.
Johannes-Kepler-Universität, Institut für Strafrechtswissenschaften, Altenberger Str. 69, A-4040 Linz , Austria, Alois.Birklbauer@jku.at.
Alois
A
Birklbauer
Kathrin
K
Schmidthuber
D001317:Austria; D003416:Criminal Law / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007298:Insanity Defense; D028642:Persons with Psychiatric Disorders / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000628:therapy