Drug Courts: In Theory and in Practice (Social Problems and Social Issues)
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| Rating | : | 4.36 (949 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0202307131 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 264 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-09-08 |
| Language | : | English |
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BronzeSultan said review about the drug court book. Book was in good condition, no highlights or torn pages. Fast shipping. I am very happy with my purchase. Just the pages are more yellow than white, but its probably the paper it was printed on has aged. Overall they did a awesome job!
Often lawyers are not even present during regular drug court sessions. From a range of disciplinary perspectives, contributors to this volume seek to make sense of this important judicial innovation. Often accompanying the client is a treatment provider who advises the judge and reviews the client's progress in treatment. Prosecutors and defense counsel play much-reduced roles. Instead, the main courtroom drama is between the judge and client, both of whom speak openly and freely in the drug court setting. The volume maintains an analytical concentration on drug courts and on the important practical, philosophical, and jurisprudential consequences of this unique form of therapeutic jurisprudence.Drug courts depart from the practices and procedures of typical criminal courts. Taken together, the chapters provide a variety of perspectives on drug courts, and extend our knowledge of the birth and evolution of a new movement. Begun in 1989, they have since spread dramatically throughout the United States. Drug courts offer offenders an intensive court-based treatment program as an alternative to the normal adjudication process. While addressing a range of questions, Drug Courts also aims to achieve a careful balance between focused empirical studies and broader theoretical analyses of the same phenomenon. Court sessions are
James L. Nolan, Jr. is associate professor of sociology at Williams College.
brings together a distinguished group of authors from the fields of law, criminal justice, sociology, philosophy, and drug policy, to present various and diverse perspectives on the drug court phenomenon… The book is very informative and enlightening. “In this book, James L. Nolan, Jr. The theme and intent of the book are consistent throughout… The contributing authors are clear and informative regarding the drug court movement, its evolution and development as a judicial innovation, and the many theoretical and practical challenges that have been presented by this nascent sociolegal phenomenon.” —Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare. Nolan provides a panoply of arguments for critical consideration. Its strongest point lies in its diversity of perspectives