TY - JOUR AB - Purpose The purpose of this paper is to critically reflect on the usefulness of quality standards aimed at prevention interventions for drug using young offenders.Design/methodology/approach This paper uses critical literature on quality standards, readings of quality standards and qualitative interviews as well as focus-group discussions with professionals working in services targeting drug use among young offenders.Findings The findings show discrepancies between the idea that quality standards provide a tool for supporting the implementation of more effective interventions and professionals’ experiences with quality standards as almost absent in their work.Originality/value This viewpoint highlights barriers to the implementation of quality standards that have to be overcome if quality standards are to be adopted and implemented in practice. VL - 19 IS - 3 SN - 1745-9265 DO - 10.1108/DAT-12-2018-0070 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/DAT-12-2018-0070 AU - Graf Niels AU - Stöver Heino PY - 2019 Y1 - 2019/01/01 TI - Critical reflections on quality standards within drug demand reduction T2 - Drugs and Alcohol Today PB - Emerald Publishing Limited SP - 182 EP - 188 Y2 - 2024/03/28 ER -