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Space, scale and jurisdiction in health service provision for drug users: the legal geography of a supervised injecting facility
Citation
Williams, S, Space, scale and jurisdiction in health service provision for drug users: the legal geography of a supervised injecting facility, Space and Polity, 20, (1) pp. 95-108. ISSN 1356-2576 (2016) [Refereed Article]
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Copyright 2016 Taylor & Francis
DOI: doi:10.1080/13562576.2015.1128152
Abstract
Sydney's Medically Supervised Injecting Centre delivers the significant benefits of harm reduction, but has been controversial regards the law. Its contested history is examined here through the lens of legal geography. Narrative analysis reveals that the arguments for and against the centre's establishment referenced matters ranging from international treaties through to municipal governance. These arguments and their outcome were variously shaped by the different spaces and scales of jurisdiction but not simply in a zero sum game of law played out through the hierarchically ordered nesting of container-like territories. The implications for legal geography and for public health are discussed.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | law, jurisdiction, harm reduction, illicit drug use, legal geography, scale, supervised injecting facility |
| Research Division: | Human Society |
| Research Group: | Human geography |
| Research Field: | Social geography |
| Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
| Objective Group: | Expanding knowledge |
| Objective Field: | Expanding knowledge in human society |
| UTAS Author: | Williams, S (Dr Stewart Williams) |
| ID Code: | 104572 |
| Year Published: | 2016 |
| Deposited By: | Geography and Spatial Science |
| Deposited On: | 2015-11-16 |
| Last Modified: | 2017-11-14 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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