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

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.

Physical Description:

189 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Vancouver : UBC Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

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. This interdisciplinary book will appeal to students, academics, and practitioners in law, social theory, criminology, criminal justice, addictions, cultural studies, sociology, and science studies.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Limited edition of 400 copies.

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

ISBN:

0-7748-5582-7

9780774813865

1-282-59354-4

9786612593543

OCLC:

923444323