The Role of Policewomen in Fighting with Drugs Use among Women and Children

Drug addiction is one of the important world issues that is affecting on our country. Although drug addiction is undesirable for every of members of society, but women addiction because of their maternal and wifely role and its impact on the survival of the family and also the damages caused by their addiction is worse and its negative effects are more severe. Thus, paying attention to this social problem and trying to prevent women addiction and also facing with effective factors on it, is one of the important tasks of the government. The police force and especially police women as security providers of women and children have duties in this regard and they are expected to act. This paper aims to investigate the police woman’s role in fighting with drug addiction among women and children. This study has analyzed 67 articles related to this question: what is the police woman’s role in fighting with drug addiction among women and children? Reviewing the recommendations of these articles showed that police women can play role in the field of awareness, informing, providing advice to women and youths exposed to risk and training families in preventing drug use. Also, control of drug smuggling by women offenders in the entry and exit of the country by using advanced systems and fighting with drug gangs, especially in places allocated to women, have been such measurements by police women in this area. Measurements such as managing organizations related to women in order to support the families affected by drugs and preventing of more dameges, are other results of this study.