Ebook: Judging addicts: drug courts and coercion in the justice system
Author: Tiger Rebecca
- Tags: Drug abuse--Treatment--Law and legislation, Drug abuse--Treatment--Law and legislation--United States, Drug addicts--Legal status laws etc, Drug addicts--Legal status laws etc.--United States, Drug courts, Drug courts--United States, Duress (Law), Duress (Law)--United States, Drug courts -- United States, Duress (Law) -- United States, Drug abuse -- Treatment -- Law and legislation -- United States, Drug addicts -- Legal status laws etc. -- United States, Drug abuse -- Treatment -- Law and legislation
- Series: Alternative criminology series
- Year: 2016
- Publisher: New York University Press
- City: United States
- Language: English
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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.
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