Judging Addicts: Drug Courts and Coercion in the Justice System

by Rebecca Tiger

Book Overview

The number of people incarcerated in the U.S. now exceeds 2.3 million, due in part to the increasing criminalization of drug use: over 25% of people incarcerated in jails and prisons are there for drug offenses. Judging Addicts examines this increased criminalization of drugs and the medicalization of addiction in the U.S. by focusing on drug courts, where defendants are sent to drug treatment instead of prison. Rebecca Tiger explores how advocates...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814784070
• ISBN13: 9780814784075
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"