Possible Penalties Alternative to Imprisonment Applicable to Drug Consumers

Abstract

Alternative criminal penalties to imprisonment represent a remedy for eliminating the negative consequences of detention and a consequence of the evolution and humanization of penalties. The economic and social advantages of the alternative criminal penalties explain to a great extent the necessity of their application, together with the diversification of these penalties in order to respond more effectively to individualization according to the offender as well as to the necessity to protect the society.

Keywords

• drug
• addictive consumer
• therapeutic justice
• probation