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Author Tiger, Rebecca, author.

Title Judging addicts : drug courts and coercion in the justice system / Rebecca Tiger.

Publication Info. New York : New York University Press, 2012.
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Description 1 online resource (209 pages).
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Series Alternative criminology series
Alternative criminology series.
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.
Note Print version record.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject Drug courts -- United States.
Duress (Law) -- United States.
Drug abuse -- Treatment -- Law and legislation -- United States.
Drug addicts -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.
Tribunaux spécialisés en matière de drogue -- États-Unis.
Contrainte (Droit) -- États-Unis.
TRUE CRIME -- General.
LAW -- Criminal Law -- General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology.
Drug abuse -- Treatment -- Law and legislation
Drug addicts -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Drug courts
Duress (Law)
United States https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq
Drug courts -- United States.
Duress (Law) -- United States.
Drug abuse -- Treatment -- Law and legislation -- United States.
Drug addicts -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.
Other Form: Print version: Tiger, Rebecca. Judging Addicts : Drug Courts and Coercion in the Justice System. New York : NYU Press, ©2012 9780814784068
ISBN 9780814759417 (electronic bk.)
0814759416 (electronic bk.)
9780814784068
9780814784075
9780814785966
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AU@ 000054191003
CHNEW 000621608
DEBBG BV041072732
DEBBG BV043119401
DEBSZ 397422008
DEBSZ 421308982
DEBSZ 449331792
DEBSZ 456510990
GBVCP 804163472

 
    
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