Reclaiming discretion: Judicial sanctioning strategy in court-supervised drug treatment

Journal of Contemporary Ethnography

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 720-744

  Burns, Stacy Lee ^a   Peyrot, Mark ^b  

^a LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug court; Drug treatment; Judicial discretion; Sanctioning strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 55049120003     PISSN: 08912416     EISSN: 15525414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891241607310705     Document Type: Article

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