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73 Crime L. & Soc. Change 1 (2020)

handle is hein.journals/crmlsc73 and id is 1 raw text is: Crime, Law and Social Change (2020) 73:1-23 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10611-019-09839-4 A supply-based response to a demand-driven Gheck for problem: a fifteen-year analysis of drug interdiction in Poland Diana S. Dolliver' Published online: 20 May 2019 © Springer Nature B.V. 2019 Abstract This study examined one key element of drug supply-reduction policies - drug interdiction - in the Central and Eastern European country of Poland. Poland is a nation that has experienced significant social, political, and cultural changes since the fall of communism, resulting in multiple reforms to their national policing model and drug laws. Poland is also uniquely situated in Europe as a consumer nation, a transit country for drugs, and a significant source of amphetamines. These factors place additional strain on agencies responsible for drug interdiction. To-date, however, the efficacy of police-driven interdiction efforts or factors that might impact the success of such policies (e.g., funding, strength of the police force, the number of drug-related crimes detected) have not been empirically examined in this setting. Thus, this study examined officially reported data in Poland over a 15-year time period (2001 to 2015) to determine how these factors were related to the seized amounts of heroin, cocaine, amphetamine, and herbal cannabis, given the historic national context. The main findings indicated that the cannabis and amphetamine markets were strongly linked, while user-based arrests related to particular drug-types (e.g., amphetamines) were found to be significantly related to seizures of different drug-types (e.g., heroin), suggesting possible market integration. Further, government expenditures for public safety were not found to be significantly associated with interdiction efforts. Introduction Enacting and implementing effective drug policies have been consistent priorities of European governments, though finding an achievable balance between supply-oriented and demand-oriented approaches remains difficult. Identified as a global hotspot for consumption of many popular drugs of abuse (particularly heroin and cocaine), W Diana S. Dolliver DLDolliver@ua.edu The Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, The University of Alabama, Box 870320, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, USA t_ Springer

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