How do race, racism and discrimination shape Europe's response to drug-using offenders from minority populations?
Academics, policy makers, and practitioners from across Europe will seek to answer this question by analyzing national-level cases from the region. Terry Williams, author of the book Crackhouse: Notes From the End of the Line will provide insights from a U.S. perspective.
Invited Speakers and Delegates
- Professor Terry Williams, New School of Social Research, New York, USA
- Armando Leandro, Juiz Conselheiro Jubilado, Lisbon, Portugal
- Professor Antoine Lazarus, University de Paris XIII, France
- Professor Stephan Feuchtwang, London School of Economics, UK
- Dr Luis Patricio, Psychiatrist/T3E, Portugal
- Dr Andrej Kastelic, Psychiatrist, Lubljana, Slovenia
- Attila Juhasz, Provincial Governor of Prisons, Eger, Hungary
- M Jean-Pierre Demange, SATO/T3E, France
- M Eric Allouche, Psychologist, Slagelse Kommunes Misbrugscenter, Denmark
- Gary Wallace, Plymouth Public Health Development Unit, UK
T3E UK and Britain's "Race and Drugs Project" are organizing this session as part of the EU-funded "Connections" Project. T3E is a grantee of the Open Society Institute Global Drug Policy Program.
Further Information
For additional information or to register, please visit the conference web page at www.raceanddrugsproject.org.uk/may2009.html.
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