01077nam a2200133   450000100060000010000410000610100080004720000790005533006680013446100960080270000170089870100180091585200100093317843  a20011010u           y0pory50      ba  aeng  aTackling drugs togetherethe possibilities for a confidential drug service  aThis article explores the exchange of personal information between agencies working with drug users and the "problems" created by confidentiality. Confidentiality may be conceptualised as a form of information privacy, which in turn derives from a wider idea of privacy. The authors take as a case study the "Wintercomfort Case", concerning a day centre for drug users in Cambridge. The focus is to look at the legal and practice implications of the case, and to examine in particular the tensions that exist between welfare and justice agencies who may have access to the same information, but who may also have different agendas and objectives in taking action.  vV.9,n.1dMaio-Jun. 2001pp.95-103tEuropean Journal on Criminal Policy and ResearchcLondon  aRICEbGerry   aTHOMASbTerry  jP.275