Drug Court as Both a Legal and Medical Authority

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2151973
AutoresJennifer Murphy (0000-0001-9122-3418, California State University, Sacramento, autor de correspondencia)
Año2011
Volumen32
Número3
Páginas257-291
Fecha de publicación2011-03-02
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaDeviant Behavior (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0163-9625 • E-ISSN: 1521-0456
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01639621003771979
OpenAlexW2140655881
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas9
Referencias citadas14

This article explores how addiction is conceptualized in a drug court program. Through observations and interviews in a drug court in a large northeastern city, the author reveals how the court uses ambiguous and inconsistent medicalized language to describe addiction, extending the label of addiction to behaviors not just associated with using drugs, but with selling drugs as well. Ultimately, drug courts incorporate a medicalized notion of addiction to further their own control over drug-related issues, since they become the authority of both the client's treatment and their punishment. Additional informationNotes on contributorsJennifer MurphyJENNIFER MURPHY is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at California State University, Sacramento. Her research interests are in drug policy and drug treatment. She completed her Ph.D. at Temple University in 2008

Addiction · Criminology · Drug · Drug court · Political science · Psychiatry · Punishment (psychology · Law · Psychedelics and Drug Studies · Psychology · Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending · Social Psychology · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes