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Criminal artefacts : governing drugs and users / / Dawn Moore



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Autore: Moore Dawn <1974-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Criminal artefacts : governing drugs and users / / Dawn Moore Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Vancouver, : UBC Press, c2007
Edizione: 1st ed.
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  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-7748-5582-7
9780774813865
1-282-59354-4
9786612593543
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910819728103321
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Serie: Law and society series (Vancouver, B.C.)