Normer kring narkotikabruk: en rättssociologisk studie om narkotikanormer bland Lundastudenter
(2018) RÄSK02 20181Department of Sociology of Law
- Abstract
- The legislation concerning narcotics was introduced in Sweden in 1968, and it has come to change multiple times since. The purpose of the legislation though remains the same; Swedish politics’ goal is a society free from narcotics, and the government has condemned a zero tolerance towards narcotic substances. This study aims to provide a better understanding of the bridge between social and legal norms concerning narcotics among students in Lund. This is studied by using a web survey to investigate students’ attitudes and habits concerning narcotics. The study also contains a method of measuring the strength in social norms and their possibility to enforce social control which provides a perspective of how their surroundings, regarding... (More)
- The legislation concerning narcotics was introduced in Sweden in 1968, and it has come to change multiple times since. The purpose of the legislation though remains the same; Swedish politics’ goal is a society free from narcotics, and the government has condemned a zero tolerance towards narcotic substances. This study aims to provide a better understanding of the bridge between social and legal norms concerning narcotics among students in Lund. This is studied by using a web survey to investigate students’ attitudes and habits concerning narcotics. The study also contains a method of measuring the strength in social norms and their possibility to enforce social control which provides a perspective of how their surroundings, regarding social and legal norms, affect their behaviour and attitudes concerning narcotics. The results of this study shows that almost two thirds of the surveyed students have ever been personally in contact with narcotics. The results also established that there is discrepancies between social and legal norms and that the social norms has great power to condemn social control. (Less)
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- author
- Thudén, Louise LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- RÄSK02 20181
- year
- 2018
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- law, social norms, students, narcotics
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 8951701
- date added to LUP
- 2018-06-25 12:17:39
- date last changed
- 2018-06-25 12:17:39
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