Innovation and discretion: The drug court as a people-processing institution

Criminal Justice Policy Review

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 313-329

  Colyer, Corey J ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discretion; Drug courts; People processing

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547852406     PISSN: 08874034     EISSN: 15523586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0887403407303199     Document Type: Article

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