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Worthy of justice : the politics of veterans treatment courts in practice / Jamie Rowen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rowen, Jamie, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Alternatives to imprisonment--United States.
- Alternatives to imprisonment.
- Veterans--Services for--United States.
- Veterans.
- Veterans--Legal status, laws, etc--United States.
- Criminals--Rehabilitation--United States.
- Criminals.
- Drug courts--United States.
- Drug courts.
- Mental health courts--United States.
- Mental health courts.
- Criminal justice, Administration of--United States.
- Criminal justice, Administration of.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (276 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, [2026]
- Summary:
- Over the past three decades, jurisdictions across the United States have developed alternatives to traditional criminal procedures and punishments for adults accused of crimes that are associated with substance use and mental health disorders.The Veterans Treatment Court (VTC) is one example of these problem-solving courts.
- Contents:
- Introducing veterans treatment courts
- Treatment court basics
- The deserving veteran
- Creating the common narrative : ideological foundations of VTCs
- Inside the courts operationalizing the VTC concept
- Why are the courts so different? : the common narrative meets the politics of worth
- Conflicted gratitude
- Worthy of justice.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographic references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-5036-4467-7
- 9781503644670
- OCLC:
- 1547899930
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