Discretionary Justice: Looking Inside a Juvenile Drug Court

by Leslie Paik

Book Overview

Juvenile drug courts are on the rise in the United States, as a result of a favorable political climate and justice officials' endorsement of the therapeutic jurisprudence movement--the concept of combining therapeutic care with correctional discipline. The goal is to divert nonviolent youth drug offenders into addiction treatment instead of long-term incarceration. Discretionary Justice overviews the system, taking readers behind the scenes of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813550076
• ISBN13: 9780813550077
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"