Criminal artefacts : governing drugs and users / Dawn Moore.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moore, Dawn, 1974-

Series:

Law and society series (Vancouver, B.C.)

Law and society series

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Drug abuse and crime--Canada.

Drug abuse and crime.

Drug addicts--Legal status, laws, etc--Canada.

Drug addicts.

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

Drug addiction.

Drug addicts--Legal status, laws, etc.

Drug addiction--Treatment.

Sociological jurisprudence.

Drugs of abuse.

History.

Canada.

Physical Description:

x, 189 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Vancouver : UBC Press, [2007]

Language Note:

Includes some text in French.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

2 Mentalities of Treatment: The Criminal Addict and the Project of Change 24

3 The Personalities of Drugs 56

4 Translating Justice and Therapy: The Drug Treatment Court Network 92

5 Caring for the Addicted Self 123.

Notes:

Limited edition of 400 copies.

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

ISBN:

9780774813860

0774813865

OCLC:

166688183