Leahrn http://www.leahrn.org Law Enforcement and HIV Network Wed, 16 May 2012 00:42:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 LEAHN is co-hosting a consultation on policing and HIV from 10-11 May http://www.leahrn.org/leahrn-is-co-hosting-a-consultation-on-policing-and-hiv-from-10-11-may/ http://www.leahrn.org/leahrn-is-co-hosting-a-consultation-on-policing-and-hiv-from-10-11-may/#comments Sat, 05 May 2012 15:18:39 +0000 Nicole http://www.leahrn.org/?p=1026 The Consultation on Policing and HIV among Most at Risk Populations – the role of police services in improving the health of MARPS will be held at IDLO, Viale Vaticano 106, Rome

Co-hosts: LEAHN, Forum Droghe, International Development Law Organisation

Auspice/sponsors: Open Society Foundations, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, International Drug Policy Consortium International Development Law Organization

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Indonesia Police Abuse Report_2012

]]> http://www.leahrn.org/stop-imprisonment-time-for-rehabilitation/feed/ 0 Read this: The human cost of zero tolerance policing http://www.leahrn.org/read-this-the-human-cost-of-zero-tolerance-policing/ http://www.leahrn.org/read-this-the-human-cost-of-zero-tolerance-policing/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 06:41:59 +0000 Nicole http://www.leahrn.org/?p=1018 Excellent article by the New York Times and the links – or not – with zero tolerance policing and a reduction in crime.  http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/29/opinion/sunday/the-cost-of-zero-tolerance.html?_r=4&hpw

]]> http://www.leahrn.org/read-this-the-human-cost-of-zero-tolerance-policing/feed/ 0 NSW Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione to speak at Melbourne Conference http://www.leahrn.org/nsw-police-commissioner-andrew-scipione-to-speak-at-melbourne-conference/ http://www.leahrn.org/nsw-police-commissioner-andrew-scipione-to-speak-at-melbourne-conference/#comments Fri, 20 Apr 2012 05:52:58 +0000 Nicole http://www.leahrn.org/?p=1010 Click here to register for the The First International Conference on Law Enforcement and Public Health – Melbourne, Australia. 11-14 November, 2012. Latest confirmed speakers include:

  • Professor Ernie Drucker – public health expert specialising in HIV, drug addiction – USA
  • Professor Scott Burris, public health/law expert, HIV/AIDS, criminal law, drug policy -USA
  • Judge Jennifer Coate, State Coroner of Victoria -Australia
  • Ms Libby Lloyd , Policing, Public Health and Domestic Violence expert -Australia
  • Mr. Auke J. van Dijk, adviser to the Chief of the Amsterdam Police – The Netherlands
  • Professor Joachim Kersten, Foundation Professor and Chair of Police Science at German Police University – Germany
  • Professor James Ogloff, Monash University, Victorian Institute of Forensic Mental Health, Victoria -Australia



]]> http://www.leahrn.org/nsw-police-commissioner-andrew-scipione-to-speak-at-melbourne-conference/feed/ 0 Listen to this! Great podcast on working with Law Enforcement… http://www.leahrn.org/listen-to-this-great-podcast-on-working-with-law-enforcement/ http://www.leahrn.org/listen-to-this-great-podcast-on-working-with-law-enforcement/#comments Thu, 19 Apr 2012 06:10:54 +0000 Nicole http://www.leahrn.org/?p=994 Establishing a relationship with law enforcement is an essential component of creating a solid harm reduction program. This podcast features conversations on building those relationships. Interviews with Harm Reduction Coalition’s Narelle Ellendon, North Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition’s Corey Davis, Molly Bannerman from Counterfit in Toronto, and Leo Beletsky of Northeastern University School of Law. Resources: Harm Reduction Coalition, plus LEAHN, and info on the North Carolina Law Enforcement Safety and Drug Policy Summit.

http://harmreduction.org/publication-type/podcast/working-with-law-enforcement/

]]> http://www.leahrn.org/listen-to-this-great-podcast-on-working-with-law-enforcement/feed/ 0 Can Russia kick heroin? http://www.leahrn.org/can-russia-kick-heroin/ http://www.leahrn.org/can-russia-kick-heroin/#comments Thu, 19 Apr 2012 06:00:22 +0000 Nicole http://www.leahrn.org/?p=991 Read more here…

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/can-russia-kick-heroin-7657904.html

]]> http://www.leahrn.org/can-russia-kick-heroin/feed/ 0 Russia’s drug policy fuels infectious disease epidemics http://www.leahrn.org/russias-drug-policy-fuels-infectious-disease-epidemics/ http://www.leahrn.org/russias-drug-policy-fuels-infectious-disease-epidemics/#comments Mon, 02 Apr 2012 06:29:41 +0000 Nicole http://www.leahrn.org/?p=985 Read this important article in The Lancet:  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1473309912700725

]]> http://www.leahrn.org/russias-drug-policy-fuels-infectious-disease-epidemics/feed/ 0 Vancouver police introduce new policy for sex workers http://www.leahrn.org/vancouver-police-introduce-new-policy-for-sex-workers/ http://www.leahrn.org/vancouver-police-introduce-new-policy-for-sex-workers/#comments Thu, 29 Mar 2012 02:36:34 +0000 Nicole http://www.leahrn.org/?p=980 Policy will soon be introduced that encourages police to use discretion when when applying prostitution laws and to consider less formal action in certain situations.  The policy also states that the safety and security of sex workers is paramount.  Read more here:  VPD sex worker policy

]]> http://www.leahrn.org/vancouver-police-introduce-new-policy-for-sex-workers/feed/ 0 Check out this series of videos ‘Cops say Legalize Drugs’ http://www.leahrn.org/check-out-this-series-of-videos-cops-say-legalize-drugs/ http://www.leahrn.org/check-out-this-series-of-videos-cops-say-legalize-drugs/#comments Wed, 28 Mar 2012 03:41:50 +0000 Nicole http://www.leahrn.org/?p=976 http://www.youtube.com/user/CopsSayLegalizeDrugs/videos

]]> http://www.leahrn.org/check-out-this-series-of-videos-cops-say-legalize-drugs/feed/ 0 Report on drug use among police detainees in Australia http://www.leahrn.org/report-on-drug-use-among-police-detainees-in-australia/ http://www.leahrn.org/report-on-drug-use-among-police-detainees-in-australia/#comments Tue, 13 Mar 2012 04:08:44 +0000 Nicole http://www.leahrn.org/?p=972 Some highlights from the report:

-cannabis use is decreasing among police detainees

-use of other drugs similar to other years

-early analysis of 2011 data shows a spike in methamphetamine use

-alcohol use is of increasing concern:  detainees (based on drinking habits 3o days prior to custody) are consuming an average  of 14 standard drinks on the last occasion before being detained.  Those who consumed more than one type of alcohol on the last occasion consumed an average of 24 standard drinks.

-alcohol use is clearly concerning, and may go some way to explaining why detainees are in police watch-houses in the first place.

-Poly drug use:  Nearly half of all detainees (45%) reported that substance use (alcohol and other drugs) had contributed to their current offences

Read the full report here:  http://www.aic.gov.au/en/publications/current%20series/mr/1-20/17.aspx

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