CRM 3314 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Drug Court, Drug Courts In The United States, Therapeutic Jurisprudence
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The global war on drug and canada"s contemporary drug strategies. Code: guilty (, dtc assume that drugs are crime-making (criminogenic), on some level a root cause and this is the reason for the development of these courts. It"s the idea that the law can be an () to rehabilitate them through therapy (rehabilitative punishment). Individuals are addicts - they have a disease that can be treated and itself is something that is ultimately can be controlled and cured: commit crime - cjs coercion, deterrence, just deserts. "tomahawk and healing balm: dual goals, chronic disease overcome by personal willpower, desire, and discipline will be able to overcome this and not succumb to using toxins. Incarceration = punishment non-criminal behaviour: target = "lifestyle" correction. Responsibilization (moore + : governance strategy, responsibility - "ethic of choice" - empowerment. "bulimic empowerment: disciplined obedience vs. self-generated action.