[CRM2309] - Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (19 pages long!)

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRM 2309
• Professor: Erin Mc Cuaig

Document Summary

Guest speaker harm reduction and historical lessons from medicial. Harm reduction things that come to mind/examples. You have to engage with them when first approaching someone. Outreach: no edu(cid:272)atio(cid:374) whe(cid:374) you(cid:859)re i(cid:374) jail, and when you get out after a drug addiction, such as heroin, people get out and go all out and this had led to death many times. Changing the pattern is a harm reduction approach: often leads to a change in quantity. Changing methods: switch the method of injection for example. Harm reduction is for a lot of different things: smoking, drinking, drugs, burning your face, etc. Help them take steps to be healthier and safer. It (cid:373)ay lead to a(cid:271)sti(cid:374)e(cid:374)(cid:272)e, (cid:271)ut it is(cid:374)(cid:859)t always goi(cid:374)g to a(cid:374)d that(cid:859)s the reality. It can be a very slow process: the primary goal is to keep them breathing. Active drug users on their infection rates, what are their risk behaviours. Research was great and results were very influential.