Bacon, M. and Seddon, T. (2020) Controlling drug users : forms of power and behavioural regulation in drug treatment services. British Journal of Criminology, 60 (2). pp. 403-421. ISSN 0007-0955
Abstract
This article examines the control practices used in drug treatment services to regulate the behaviour of people with drug problems. Drawing on an extensive qualitative study, we developed a conceptual framework, integrating the notion of responsive regulation with Wrong’s sociology of power. The picture that emerges is of a complex ‘web of controls’, combining diverse forms of power and control techniques, used to steer action and shape behavioural outcomes. It is argued that we can understand these control practices within drug treatment as part of broader strategies for the social regulation of the poor, built on deep-rooted hybrids of punishment and welfare. The article concludes with the suggestion that drug treatment represents an important site for understanding penal power today.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2019 The Author(s). Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies (ISTD). This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | drug treatment; drug users; behavioural regulation; control; power; penal-welfarism |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > School of Law (Sheffield) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) RES-062-23- 3039 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 01 Aug 2019 07:57 |
Last Modified: | 22 May 2024 15:53 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press (OUP) |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1093/bjc/azz055 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:148904 |