Making the criminal addict: Subjectivity and social control in a strong-arm rehab

Punishment and Society

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 69-93

  Gowan, Teresa ^a   Whetstone, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

addiction treatment; drug courts; mass incarceration; poverty; race; subjectivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855872324     PISSN: 14624745     EISSN: 17413095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1462474511424684     Document Type: Article

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