Criminal Artefacts: Governing Drugs and Users

by Dawn Moore

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. Case studies from drug treatment courts and addiction...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0774813865
• ISBN13: 9780774813860
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.0"