Perceptions of Balanced Justice and Rehabilitation for Drug Offenders

Drug courts were designed as a way to provide both rehabilitation and sanction-based approaches to drug offenders. Yet studies have not directly tested a “balanced” approach to justice for drug offenders. Drawing on the work of Mears, Pickett, and Mancini, this study adapts the philosophical tenets...

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1. VerfasserIn: Sloas, Lincoln B. (VerfasserIn)
Beteiligte: Atkin-Plunk, Cassandra A.
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2019
In: Criminal justice policy review
Jahr: 2019, Band: 30, Heft: 7, Seiten: 990-1009
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Drug courts
Sanctioning
Balanced justice
Rehabilitation
Public opinion
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Zusammenfassung:Drug courts were designed as a way to provide both rehabilitation and sanction-based approaches to drug offenders. Yet studies have not directly tested a “balanced” approach to justice for drug offenders. Drawing on the work of Mears, Pickett, and Mancini, this study adapts the philosophical tenets of juvenile courts into a drug court setting. This study uses multinomial logistic regression from a sample of 575 undergraduate criminology and criminal justice students from a large southern university to assess support for sanctioning approaches for nonviolent and violent drug offenders. Findings suggest that participants support a balanced justice approach to sanctioning violent drug offenders, whereas supporting a rehabilitation approach to sanctioning nonviolent drug offenders. The findings from this study highlight the importance of the public’s differing views on sanctioning drug-involved offenders.
ISSN:1552-3586
DOI:10.1177/0887403418762532