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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778089803321

Autore

Moore Dawn <1974->

Titolo

Criminal artefacts [[electronic resource] ] : governing drugs and users / / Dawn Moore

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Vancouver, : UBC Press, c2007

ISBN

0-7748-5582-7

9780774813865

1-282-59354-4

9786612593543

Descrizione fisica

189 p

Collana

Law and society series

Disciplina

364.1/77

Soggetti

Drug abuse and crime - Canada

Drug addicts - Legal status, laws, etc - Canada

Drug addiction - Treatment - Canada - History - 20th century

Drug abuse and crime

Drug addicts - Legal status, laws, etc

Drug addiction - Treatment

Sociological jurisprudence

Drugs of abuse

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Limited edition of 400 copies.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [172]-181) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms -- Introduction -- Mentalities of Treatment: The Criminal Addict and the Project of Change -- The Personalities of Drugs -- Translating Justice and Therapy: The Drug Treatment Court Network -- Caring for the Addicted Self -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index -- Law and Society

Sommario/riassunto

Attitudes toward crime, criminals, and rehabilitation have shifted considerably, yet the idea that there is a causal link between drug addiction and crime prevails. As law reformers call for addiction treatment as a remedy to the failing war on drugs, it is also time to consider the serious implications of joining legal and therapeutic practices in an assumedly benevolent bid to cure the offender. Drawing



on theoretical tools inspired by Foucault, Latour, and Goffman, Criminal Artefacts casts doubt on the assumption that drugs lie at the heart of crime. Case studies from drug treatment courts and addiction treatment programs illustrate the tensions between law and psychology, treatment and punishment, and conflicting theories of addiction. By looking curiously on the criminal addict as an artefact of criminal justice, this book asks us to question why the criminalized drug user has become such a focus of contemporary criminal justice practices. This interdisciplinary book will appeal to students, academics, and practitioners in law, social theory, criminology, criminal justice, addictions, cultural studies, sociology, and science studies.