Judging Addicts
The number of people incarcerated in the U.S. Judging Addicts examines this increased criminalization of drugs and the medicalization of addiction 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 ja… Celý popis ↓
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Judging Addicts
The number of people incarcerated in the U.S. Judging Addicts examines this increased criminalization of drugs and the medicalization of addiction 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.
Rebecca Tiger explores how advocates of these courts make their case for what they call "enlightened coercion," detailing how they use medical theories of addiction to justify increased criminal justice oversight of defendants who, through this process, are defined as both "sick" and "bad." Tiger shows how these courts fuse punitive and therapeutic approaches to drug use in the name of a "progressive" and "enlightened" approach to addiction. by focusing on drug courts, where defendants are sent to drug treatment instead of prison. She critiques the
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