Treatment and Probation Practices in Combating Drug Addiction: Turkey, United States, Germany and Ireland Samples

• Main Authors: Sunay Fırat, Mehmet Aykut Erk
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Psikiyatride Güncel Yaklaşımlar 2019-09-01
• Series: Psikiyatride Guncel Yaklasimlar
• Subjects: substance use disorder; rehabilitation and probation; probation process; offender
• Online Access: http://psikguncel.org/archives/vol11/no3/cap_11_03_05_en.pdf

Probation in Turkey and in the world is different in giving a decision, determining the convict’s suitability to the process, content, and elements in the process, components in the content of the process and problems in the implementations. Due to these differences, treatment and probation measures in the United States and the Federal Republic of Germany, the Republic of Ireland, which has a central administration system, and the probation system in our country have been compared. In order to contribute to the fields of education, improvement and supervision for individuals who have been treated for probation and probation measures for crimes such as drug use and possession in our country, the similarities, and differences of the practices of the countries have been examined.