Drug court : constructing the moral identity of drug offenders / by Mitchell B. Mackinem and Paul Higgins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mackinem, Mitchell B., author.

Higgins, Paul C., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drug courts--United States.

Drug courts.

Drug abuse--Treatment--Law and legislation--United States.

Drug abuse.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (190 p.)

Place of Publication:

Springfield, Illinois : Charles C Thomas, Publisher, Ltd., 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Drug Court: Constructing the Moral Identity of Drug Offenders offers a richly detailed field research investigation of how drug court professionals work to help drug offenders become drug free and law abiding. The book explores the less public and revealing world of drug court professionals as they judge and manage drug offenders. Drug courts are the latest approach in America and in other countries for handling problem drug users. More than 1,200 drug courts exist throughout the United States and its territories. These courts developed out of the shifting emphasis on punishment and treatment

Contents:

DRUG COURT; CONTENTS; Chapter 1 MANAGING PROBLEM DRUG USERS: THE RISE OF DRUG COURT; Chapter 2 THE DRUG COURT PROCESS AND PROFESSIONALS; Chapter 3 JUDGING POTENTIAL; Chapter 4 JUDGING PARTICIPATION; Chapter 5 JUDGING PERFORMANCE; EPILOGUE; Appendix; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-398-08587-0

OCLC:

651600968