Reinventing justice : the American drug court movement

Reinventing justice the American drug court movement

Drug courts offer radically new ways to deal with the legal and social problems presented by repeat drug offenders, often dismissing criminal charges as an incentive for participation in therapeutic programs. Since the first drug court opened in 1989 in Florida, close to six hundred have been establ...

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1. Verfasser: Nolan, James L. (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Princeton, NJ u.a. Princeton Univ. Press 2001
Schriftenreihe:Princeton studies in cultural sociology
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Recht > Drug abuse > Treatment > Drug and Narcotic Control > Drug courts > Jurisprudence > Legislation, Drug > Public Policy > Substance-Related Disorders > prevention & control > therapy > Betäubungsmittelstrafrecht > Drogenmissbrauch > Strafverfolgung > Rechtspflege > USA
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Zusammenfassung:Drug courts offer radically new ways to deal with the legal and social problems presented by repeat drug offenders, often dismissing criminal charges as an incentive for participation in therapeutic programs. Since the first drug court opened in 1989 in Florida, close to six hundred have been established throughout the United States. Although some observers have questioned their efficacy, no one until now has constructed an overall picture of the drug court phenomenon and its place in an American history of the social control of drugs. James Nolan examines not only how therapeutic strategies deviate from traditional judiciary proceedings, but also how these differences reflect changes afoot in American culture and conceptions of justice.
Beschreibung:254 S.
ISBN:0691074526
0-691-07452-6