Judging Addicts : Drug Courts and Coercion in the Justice System

• Tác giả: Rebecca Tiger
• ISBN-13: 978-0814759417
• Thông tin xuất bản: New York : New York University Press, 2012.
• Mô tả vật lý: 1 online resource (208 pages).
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 462150
• Chủ đề: 1. Drug abuse--Treatment--United States; 2. Drug addicts--Legal status, laws, etc--United States; 3. Drug courts--United States; 4. Duress (Law)--United States; 5. Contrainte (Droit)--États-Unis; 6. Tribunaux specialises en matiere de drogue--États-Unis; 8. Drug abuse--Treatment; 9. Drug addicts--Legal status, laws, etc; 12. Drug courts; 13. Duress (Law); 15. LAW--Criminal Law; 16. SOCIAL SCIENCE--Criminology; 17. TRUE CRIME--General

Tóm tắt

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.