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The Japanese Culture of Illegal Drug Control: A Q-Sort of Practitioner Values

Research Project

Project/Area Number 19K13548
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section Basic Section 05050:Criminal law-related
Research InstitutionKanazawa College of Art (2021-2022)
Ryukoku University (2019-2020)

Principal Investigator

Brewster David  金沢美術工芸大学, 美術工芸学部, 講師 (30814652)

Project Period (FY) 2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2022)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,380,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥780,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Keywords違法薬物 / Q技法 / 依存症 / 政策実践 / 実務家 / 刑事司法 / 社会復帰 / 出所者 / illegal drugs / policy / Q method / practitioner / Q sort / Japan / stakeholder / culture / practitioners / 薬物 / drugs / recidivism / probation / q sort
Outline of Research at the Start

This project will examine the values of practitioners working with illegal drug users who are on probation or parole in Japan. The purpose is to identify and explain patterns of illegal drug control culture(s) in Japan. Data collection will take place in three prefectures in the Kansai region. It will involve the use of a 'Q sort' with practitioners who work in a range of public and private organizations (n=65) in order to identify similarities and differences in the way in which they think about the use of illegal drugs and the policy measures that are being implemented to address this issue.

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This is the first empirical research project to systematically assess and compare how a diverse range of practitioners (n=89) working with people on probation, parole or who have received a suspended sentence for illegal drug offences perceive the importance of goals in illegal drug policy. The results, based on Q methodology, indicate that practitioners are in agreement that goals around the promotion of 'autonomous drug-free living' are important. However, it was found that interpretations of why it is important and what the desired 'pathway' to that social state is are divided between three different perspectives: 'recovery supporters', 'moral guardians' and 'crime bureaucrats'.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

薬物依存症および再犯をめぐる課題が大きくなってきた中で、本研究の結果は、政策の実践に関わる実務家の見解を検討する重要性を見せ、異なる政策目標がどの程度優先されるのかに関して、重要な証拠を提供するものである。この点において、多数の対立軸の存在があることから考えると、複数機関の連携が分断されたり、効果的でない対策が実施されたり、違法薬物を使用する人々にとって望ましくない、有害な結果をもたらしたりする可能性がある。そこで、本研究結果は、違法薬物使用への対応に関して、どのような目標を重視すべきなのか、またそれらをどう達成すれば良いのかなどの重要な議論に貢献するものである。

Report

(5 results)
  • 2022 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (11 results)

All 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 Other

All Journal Article (4 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 4 results,  Peer Reviewed: 4 results) Presentation (6 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 5 results) Remarks (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Drug policy goals in a changing landscape: Perspectives of practitioners in Japan2023

    • Author(s)
      Brewster David、Hampton Jennifer May
    • Journal Title

      International Journal of Drug Policy

      Volume: 112 Pages: 103955-103955

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.drugpo.2023.103955

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Continuity and change in drug treatment: Regimes of control in Japan2023

    • Author(s)
      Brewster David、Sagara Sho
    • Journal Title

      International Journal of Drug Policy

      Volume: 116 Pages: 104029-104029

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.drugpo.2023.104029

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Explaining the reproduction of illegal drug use control regimes in Japan: the multi-centred governance thesis2022

    • Author(s)
      Brewster David、Edwards Adam
    • Journal Title

      Global Crime

      Volume: 24 Issue: 1 Pages: 73-92

    • DOI

      10.1080/17440572.2022.2162508

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Crime Control in Japan: Exceptional, Convergent or What Else?2020

    • Author(s)
      Brewster David
    • Journal Title

      The British Journal of Criminology

      Volume: 60 Issue: 6 Pages: 1547-1566

    • DOI

      10.1093/bjc/azaa048

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Illegal drug policy in Japan: Perspectives of practitioners2022

    • Author(s)
      David Brewster
    • Organizer
      European Society of Criminology Conference
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 実務家の視点から見た違法薬物政策における目標2022

    • Author(s)
      David Brewster
    • Organizer
      Japanese Association of Sociological Criminology Conference
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Japanese Culture(s) of Illegal Drug Control:A Q-sort of Practitioners2021

    • Author(s)
      David Brewster
    • Organizer
      12th Annual Conference of the Asian Criminological Society
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Drug Treatment in Japan: An Overview2019

    • Author(s)
      David Brewster
    • Organizer
      International Society for the Study of Drug Policy Asia Regional Meeting
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] The Dispositions and Tendencies of Drug Treatment in Japan2019

    • Author(s)
      David Brewster
    • Organizer
      Asian Criminological Society Conference
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Migattena Ponchu (The Selfish Drug Addict)? Culturing Responses to Illegal Drug Use in Japan2019

    • Author(s)
      David Brewster
    • Organizer
      International Society for the Study of Drug Policy Conference
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Remarks] 違法薬物政策に関する実務家の見解:研究報告書

    • URL

      https://bit.ly/3M05dX4

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2019-04-18   Modified: 2024-01-30  

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