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POLICE CHIEF AND JUSTICE MINISTER AGREE THAT DRUNKENNESS SHOULD BE DECRIMINALIZED - SWEDEN

NCJ Number
30440
Journal
POLISTIDNINGEN Volume: 72 Issue: 4 Dated: (JUNE 5, 1975) Pages: 14-15
Author(s)
ANON
Date Published
1975
Length
2 pages
Annotation
ABOUT 4,000 DRUNKEN DRIVERS PER YEAR ARE SENTENCED TO PRISON TERMS IN SWEDEN AND IT IS ESTIMATED THAT NEARLY 3,000 OF THEM SHOULD PAY FINES OR (IN MOST CASES) UNDERGO SOME KIND OF SOBRIETY TREATMENT INSTEAD.
Abstract
BOTH MINISTER OF JUSTICE LENNART GEIJER AND NATIONAL POLICE CHIEF CARL PERSSON HAVE EXPRESSED THEMSELVES AS FAVORING DECRMINALIZIATION OF DRUNKEN DRIVING. --IN SWEDISH