| Description |
1 online resource (209 pages) |
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Alternative criminology series |
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Alternative criminology series.
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| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Both Bad and Sick; 2 Criminalizing Deviance: Reconciling the Punitiveand Rehabilitative; 3 "The Right Thing to Do for the Right Reasons": The Institutional Context for the Emergence of Drug Courts; 4 "Enlightened Coercion": Making Coercion Work; 5 "Force Is the Best Medicine": Addiction, Recovery, and Coercion; 6 "Now That We Know the Medicine Works": Expanding the Drug Court Model; Conclusion; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z; About the Author |
| Summary |
The number of people incarcerated in the U.S. now exceeds 2.3 million, due in part to the increasing criminalization of drug use: over 25% of people incarcerated in jails and prisons are there for drug offenses. Judging Addicts examines this increased criminalization of drugs and the medicalization of addiction in the U.S. by focusing on drug courts, where defendants are sent to drug treatment instead of prison. Rebecca Tiger explores how advocates of these courts make their case for what they call "enlightened coercion," detailing how they use medical theories of addiction to justify increase |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Drug courts -- United States
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Duress (Law) -- United States
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Drug abuse -- Treatment -- Law and legislation -- United States
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Drug addicts -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States
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TRUE CRIME -- General.
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LAW -- Criminal Law -- General.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology.
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Drug abuse -- Treatment -- Law and legislation
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Drug addicts -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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Drug courts
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Duress (Law)
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Drug courts -- United States.
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Duress (Law) -- United States.
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Drug abuse -- Treatment -- Law and legislation -- United States.
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Drug addicts -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780814759417 |
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0814759416 |
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