Today’s Nordic Prison – A Massive Substance Abuse Treatment Centre?
2007-09-13 11:13:52
A Nordic Expert Seminar on How Nordic Prisons Deal with Prisoners’ Use and Abuse of Alcohol and Drugs
Helsinki, 22–23 November 2007
The Nordic Council of Ministers and the Finnish Ministry of Justice is together with NAD (Nordic Centre for Alcohol and Drug Research) and the National Research Institute of Legal Policy arranging this Nordic expert seminar.
The aim of the seminar is to produce comparative Nordic information about the alcohol and drug abuse problem in the Nordic prisons and to compare the welfare systems in the Nordic prison and probation services. The main focus will be on the developments after 1980 to this day.
The information gathered will be of use for practitioners and academics in the Nordic countries and beyond.
If you are interested in attending the seminar or in receiving more information, please contact:
Yaira Obstbaum
Researcher
Ministry of Justice, Department of Criminal Policy
yaira.obstbaum@om.fi
Tel. +358 10 366 5379
GSM +358 505 76 4427
The last registration date is September 30th. For more information, please visit The Nordic Centre for Alcohol and Drug Research.