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Isu kejahatan yang berkaitan dengan narkotika (drug-related crime) menjadi tantangan besar di banyak negara, termasuk Indonesia. Konsep reducing drug-related crime merujuk pada mencari cara untuk menurunkan angka kejahatan yang secara langsung atau tidak langsung dipicu oleh penyalahgunaan dan peredaran narkoba. Cara atau pendekatan ini tidak hanya menekankan penegakan hukum terhadap pengedar dan sindikat narkotika, tetapi juga mencakup strategi pencegahan, rehabilitasi pengguna, pemutusan jejaring kriminal, dan intervensi berbasis komunitas.

Community-Based Corrections (CBC) is an effective alternative to imprisonment, especially for minor offenders. This approach provides minor offenders with a valuable opportunity to amend their criminal behavior within the community, thereby reducing stigma and marginalization while sidestepping the often punitive nature of incarceration.

Geographically, Indonesian archipelago is vulnerable to illicit drug trafficking as it is located at a very strategic location, that is the intersection of two oceans and two continents, lays on a trading route with a very high traffic of people and goods. Indonesia consists of 17,508 islands by the coastal line as 85.000 km long and has a great of population which has reached 279 million of people.

Talking Points: Learn about the connection between drug use and crime. Identify key legal distinctions that (should) drive justice responses. Understand how applying the appropriate approach reduces crime.

Every year, over 6 million persons globally are in contact with the criminal justice system for drug-related offences. Significant increases in prison populations worldwide are largely caused by the arrest and incarceration of persons whose crimes are related to drug use.  Many countries are exploring different options to reduce crime and incarceration through the use of community-based drug treatment. 

Indonesia confronts significant challenges from widespread drug abuse, impacting public health and leading to high incarceration rates. As of July 2025, the National Narcotics Board (BNN) reports 3.3 million narcotics addicts, with over 147,000 drug offenders constituting 53% of the Indonesian prison population.

Presented at Thessaloniki 2024, on the 27th of June, 2024.

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Persons who have substance use disorders are frequently arrested, incarcerated, or placed on supervised release in the community, typically without access to drug...

Presented at Thessaloniki 2024, on the 26th of June, 2024.

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Justice systems are evolving to incorporate treatment and care, along with accountability, as an alternative to incarceration (ATI) for people with substance use...

Presented as part of the Uniting the global community to face the challenge of addiction event, in-person on 13th May, 2022

Presented as part of the Uniting the global community to face the challenge of addiction event, in-person on 13th May, 2022

Disajikan sebagai bagian dari Menyatukan komunitas global untuk menghadapi tantangan acara kecanduan, secara langsung pada 13 Mei 2022

Presentasi:

• Ikhtisar Model Intersepsi untuk Alternatif Penahanan - Melody Heaps
• Memberikan perawatan...

Presented as part of the Uniting the global community to face the challenge of addiction event, in-person on 12th May,2022