LEADER 02694nam 2200397 450 001 9910793201903321 005 20200211014811.0 010 $a1-907994-87-4 010 $a1-907994-86-6 035 $a(CKB)4100000007653638 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5694635 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000007653638 100 $a20190301d2019 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aRethinking drug courts $eInternational experiences of a US policy export /$fedited by John Collins, Winifred Agnew-Pauley and Alexander Soderholm 210 1$aLondon :$cLondon School of Economics and Political Science, LSE International Drug Policy Unit,$d2019 210 4$dİ2019 215 $a1 online resource (172 pages) 311 $a1-907994-85-8 330 $aWhat are drug courts? Do they work? Why are they so popular? Should countries be expanding them or rolling them back? These are some of the questions this volume attempts to answer. Simultaneously popular and problematic, loved and loathed, drug courts have proven an enduring topic for discussion in international drug policy debates. Starting in Miami in the 1980s and being exported enthusiastically across the world, we now have a range of international case studies to re-examine their effectiveness. Whereas traditional debates tended towards binaries like ?do they work??, this volume attempts to unpick their export and implementation, contextualising their efficacy. Instead of a simple yes or no answer, the book provides key insights into the operation of drug courts in various parts of the world. The case studies range from a relatively successful small-scale model in Australia, to the large and unwieldy business of drug courts in the US, to their failed scale-up in Brazil and the small and institutionally adrift models that have been tried in England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. The book concludes that although drug courts can be made to work in very specific niche contexts, the singular focus on them as being close to a ?silver bullet? obscures the real issues that societies must address, including (but not limited to) a more comprehensive and full-spectrum focus on diverting drug-involved individuals away from the criminal justice system. 606 $aDrug courts$zUnited States 615 0$aDrug courts 676 $a345.730277 702 $aCollins$b John 702 $aAgnew-Pauley$b Winifred 702 $aSo?derholm$b Alexander 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bSFU 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910793201903321 996 $aRethinking drug courts$93691252 997 $aUNINA