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Autore |
Tiger Rebecca |
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Titolo |
Judging addicts : drug courts and coercion in the justice system / / Rebecca Tiger |
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New York, : New York University Press, c2013 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (209 p.) |
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Collana |
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Alternative criminology series |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Drug courts - United States |
Duress (Law) - United States |
Drug abuse - Treatment - Law and legislation - United States |
Drug addicts - Legal status, laws, etc - United States |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Both Bad and Sick -- 2. Criminalizing Deviance -- 3. “The Right Thing to Do for the Right Reasons” -- 4. “Enlightened Coercion” -- 5. “Force Is the Best Medicine” -- 6. “Now That We Know the Medicine Works” -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. 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 increased criminal justice oversight of defendants who, through this process, are defined as both “sick” and “bad. ”Tiger shows how these courts fuse punitive and therapeutic approaches to drug use in the name of a “progressive” and “enlightened” approach to addiction. She critiques the medicalization of drug users, showing how the disease designation can complement, |
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