Leahrn http://www.leahrn.org Law Enforcement And Harm Reduction Network Thu, 08 Dec 2011 05:38:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 UK police chief supports decriminalization of brothels http://www.leahrn.org/uk-police-officer-supports-decriminalization-of-brothels/ http://www.leahrn.org/uk-police-officer-supports-decriminalization-of-brothels/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 05:26:15 +0000 Nicole http://www.leahrn.org/?p=878 Problems linked to prostitution could be solved by decriminalizing brothels, says a senior Greater Manchester Police officer.
< http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-15558800

Deputy Chief Constable Simon Byrne said academic evidence supports this model, with benefits for sex workers including improved access health to services and increased personal security.

“An approach like this would help to bridge the gap between tackling neighbourhood nuisance and the exploitation of sex workers by organised criminals and gangs.”

Mr Byrne added that policing prostitution needed effective partnerships to support victimised individuals and communities with appropriate legislation and enforcement resources in order for it to work long term.

Further reading: UK Home Office report responding-to-prostitution

]]> http://www.leahrn.org/uk-police-officer-supports-decriminalization-of-brothels/feed/ 1 Police on the beat – the missing link of HIV prevention in Southeast Asia http://www.leahrn.org/police-on-the-beat-%e2%80%93-the-missing-link-of-hiv-prevention-in-southeast-asia/ http://www.leahrn.org/police-on-the-beat-%e2%80%93-the-missing-link-of-hiv-prevention-in-southeast-asia/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 04:42:08 +0000 Nicole http://www.leahrn.org/?p=874 Insightful piece published  in ‘The Conversation’ by LEAHRN’s Professor Nick Crofts

http://theconversation.edu.au/police-on-the-beat-the-missing-link-of-hiv-prevention-in-southeast-asia-2609

]]> http://www.leahrn.org/police-on-the-beat-%e2%80%93-the-missing-link-of-hiv-prevention-in-southeast-asia/feed/ 0 Watch this: Harm reduction in Kyrgyzstan prisons http://www.leahrn.org/watch-this-harm-reduction-in-kyrgyzstan-prisons/ http://www.leahrn.org/watch-this-harm-reduction-in-kyrgyzstan-prisons/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 04:37:11 +0000 Nicole http://www.leahrn.org/?p=870 Check out this short video of harm reduction services in prisons of Kyrgyzstan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUK8AlJmD1A&feature=share

]]> http://www.leahrn.org/watch-this-harm-reduction-in-kyrgyzstan-prisons/feed/ 0 Call for speakers: Policing and Public Health Conference, Melbourne, November 2012 http://www.leahrn.org/call-for-speakers-policing-and-public-health-conference-melbourne-november-2012/ http://www.leahrn.org/call-for-speakers-policing-and-public-health-conference-melbourne-november-2012/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:50:43 +0000 Nicole http://www.leahrn.org/call-for-speakers-policing-and-public-health-conference-melbourne-november-2012/ The First International Conference on the Intersection of Law Enforcement and Public Health – Melbourne, Australia. 11-14 November, 2012 has just been announced!  This is an excellent opportunity for law enforcement personnel of all ranks, divisions and countries to come together and talk about policing and public health collaborations in areas such as harm reduction, substance use, mental health, family violence, road trauma and others.  Click on the conference website below and register your details to receive regular updates

www.policing-and-public-health.com

]]> http://www.leahrn.org/call-for-speakers-policing-and-public-health-conference-melbourne-november-2012/feed/ 0 Prisons Project: Call for Consultants http://www.leahrn.org/prisons-project-call-for-consultants/ http://www.leahrn.org/prisons-project-call-for-consultants/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 05:30:02 +0000 Nicole http://www.leahrn.org/?p=851 The Eurasian Harm Reduction Network (EHRN) is starting to implement the UNODC funded project “Ensuring relevant authorities act to contain the HIV/ TB/Hepatitis C epidemics among drug users and in prison settings in Albania, Serbia and the FYR of Macedonia” and is looking for an expert/ consultant knowledgeable in issues of harm reduction in prisons to lead and implement some of the project activities. Click here for more detail… UNODC Prisons Project_Call for consultants

Everyone interested in this assignment is invited to submit their candidacies by the end of December 11th by email hub@harm-reduction.org. The project needs to start immediately therefore please excuse us for the short timelines.

Please share this announcement with people who might be interested in this assignment.

For more information please contact:

Marija Subataite, Technical Support Program

Tel.: +370 5 2609007, 2691600

Cell: +370 68738511
E-mail: marija@harm-reduction.org

Skype: smilaa

]]> http://www.leahrn.org/prisons-project-call-for-consultants/feed/ 0 ATS and Harm Reduction: Findings of a workshop in Burma/Myanmar http://www.leahrn.org/ats-and-harm-reduction-findings-of-a-workshop-in-burmamyanmar/ http://www.leahrn.org/ats-and-harm-reduction-findings-of-a-workshop-in-burmamyanmar/#comments Tue, 15 Nov 2011 06:09:46 +0000 Nicole http://www.leahrn.org/?p=844 Excellent commentary about amphetamine use in South East Asia by Tony Bickman, United Nations Office on Drug Control (UNODC)

http://www.undrugcontrol.info/en/weblog/item/2896-ats-and-harm-reduction

]]> http://www.leahrn.org/ats-and-harm-reduction-findings-of-a-workshop-in-burmamyanmar/feed/ 0 Read this: Illicit drugs and the threat to development http://www.leahrn.org/read-this-illicit-drugs-and-the-threat-to-development-associate-professor-robert-ali-chair-of-the-asia-pacific-committee-of-the-australian-national-council-on-drugs/ http://www.leahrn.org/read-this-illicit-drugs-and-the-threat-to-development-associate-professor-robert-ali-chair-of-the-asia-pacific-committee-of-the-australian-national-council-on-drugs/#comments Tue, 15 Nov 2011 06:01:38 +0000 Nicole http://www.leahrn.org/?p=837 Insightful article by Associate Professor Robert Ali , the Chair of the Asia-Pacific Committee of the Australian National Council on Drugs.

http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/3667594.html

]]> http://www.leahrn.org/read-this-illicit-drugs-and-the-threat-to-development-associate-professor-robert-ali-chair-of-the-asia-pacific-committee-of-the-australian-national-council-on-drugs/feed/ 0 Read this: Inflicting Harm: Judicial corporal punishment for drug and alcohol offences in selected countries http://www.leahrn.org/read-this-inflicting-harm-judicial-corporal-punishment-for-drug-and-alcohol-offences-in-selected-countries/ http://www.leahrn.org/read-this-inflicting-harm-judicial-corporal-punishment-for-drug-and-alcohol-offences-in-selected-countries/#comments Wed, 09 Nov 2011 11:09:46 +0000 Nicole http://www.leahrn.org/?p=831 Recently launched report by  Harm Reduction International finds that over forty states apply some type of judicial corporal punishment for drug and alcohol offences.  The vast majority of these sentences are handed down in countries such as Malaysia, Singapore, Iran and Saudi Arabia.According to the report, such state-sanctioned violence is in clear violation of international law.

IHRA_CorporalPunishmentReport_Web

]]> http://www.leahrn.org/read-this-inflicting-harm-judicial-corporal-punishment-for-drug-and-alcohol-offences-in-selected-countries/feed/ 0 Read this: An Advocate’s Guide of Harm Reduction Programs to Economic Analysis http://www.leahrn.org/read-this-an-advocates-guide-of-harm-reduction-programs-to-economic-analysis/ http://www.leahrn.org/read-this-an-advocates-guide-of-harm-reduction-programs-to-economic-analysis/#comments Thu, 06 Oct 2011 23:49:52 +0000 Nicole http://www.leahrn.org/?p=824 written by Matt Curtis and LEAHRN’s Russian moderator, Alexander Zelichenko.

After reading this guide, you will understand:

• What recent economic analyses of harm reduction programs have to say about our field, and what implications research has for policy decisions;

• How to use cost-effectiveness and cost-benefit research when advocating for harm reduction programs or policies, and what kinds of things you might do in order to generate new information on the costs and benefits of harm reduction in your city;

• How to combine information from research in Western countries with data from Eastern Europe and Central Asia in order to strengthen your arguments;

• Where to find additional resources on the subject.

“An Advocate’s Guide of Harm Reduction Programs to Economic Analysis” is available by the following link: http://www.harm-reduction.org/images/stories/library/econ_analysis_hr.pdf

]]> http://www.leahrn.org/read-this-an-advocates-guide-of-harm-reduction-programs-to-economic-analysis/feed/ 0 Update: Strategic Meeting of Public Security and Drug Policy, Rio de Janeiro, 19-21 September http://www.leahrn.org/strategic-meeting-of-public-security-and-drug-policy-rio-de-janeiro-19-21-september/ http://www.leahrn.org/strategic-meeting-of-public-security-and-drug-policy-rio-de-janeiro-19-21-september/#comments Thu, 15 Sep 2011 07:27:37 +0000 Nicole http://www.leahrn.org/strategic-meeting-of-public-security-and-drug-policy-rio-de-janeiro-19-21-september/ The meeting was a great success and afforded excellent networking with like-minded colleagues from Latin America, Europe and the UK. Issues discussed included community policing initiatives, drug education in schools, harm reduction initiatives such as heroin trials and safe injecting facilities. Outcomes of the meeting included a declaration about the ‘way forward’ for the UPP (Police Pacifer Units), including a re-think about the so-called ‘war on drugs’. Click here to read the document… Declaration ENGLISH

Read more on the website www.drogaseseguranca.org.br

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