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

• Autore: Moore Dawn <1974->
• Pubblicazione: Vancouver, : UBC Press, c2007
• Descrizione fisica: 189 p
• Disciplina: 364.1/77
• Soggetto topico: 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
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Criminal artefacts
• ISBN: 0-7748-5582-7; 9780774813865; 1-282-59354-4; 9786612593543
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778089803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Law and society series (Vancouver, B.C.)