Judicial orientation : the black box of drug court / Kathleen M. Contrino.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Contrino, Kathleen M., 1963- author.

Series:

• Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
• Criminal justice : recent scholarship

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Drug courts--United States--Case studies.
• Drug courts--New York (State)--Case studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

El Paso : LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Drug court teams seek to ensure client compliance with rules and mandated treatment through a series of rewards and graduated sanctions. Drug court judges are the critical key component of drug court as well as the central authority figure for clients. Contrino examines judicial orientation in drug court. Judicial orientation is identified by specific policies and procedures that each court has incorporated into their court and ordered by the judge from the bench. Data from court observation, staff interviews, and client outcomes are analyzed to provide a more contextual understanding of how d

Contents:

• Introduction : sociology and the development of drug court
• A look at drug court's black box : the role of judicial orientation
• Social construction and drug court
• A qualitative look at drug court
• Judicial orientation in court
• Social construction of addiction
• Critical issues and concluding thoughts.

Notes:

• Description based upon print version of record.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-59332-808-7

OCLC:

919201873