Biased Enforcement Expansion? Sociodemographic Differences in Police Drug Testing for Suspected Narcotics Use 1993–2015
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Abstract Since the 1990s, Sweden has witnessed a steady increase in control measures focused on drug offences. These changes are results of political dynamics once pushed by centre-right parties but thereafter embraced Social Democrats government. The article examines structure police controls offences and extent to which these have different sociodemographic groups during period 1995–2015. study shows that this intensified minor crimes resulted successively larger proportions youths from deprived areas being forced provide samples body fluids. criminalization use constitutes an example significance crime policy for both levels composition offender population.
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Criminology
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['0007-0955', '1464-3529']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azac037