Trial by treatment: punishing illness in an age of criminal legal reform

A troubling account of the unexpected impacts of treatment-based alternatives to criminal punishment. Every year, courts send hundreds of thousands of people to treatment-based programs as alternatives to traditional punishment. These alternatives-known as 'diversion programs'-are widely c...

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Main Author: Stitt, Mary Ellen (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago The University of Chicago Press 2025
In:Year: 2025
Online Access: Table of Contents (Aggregator)
Availability in Tübingen:Present in Tübingen.
UB: KB 21 A 4629
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Keywords:
Alternatives to imprisonment > United States
Alternatives to imprisonment > United States > Public opinion
Criminal justice, Administration of > United States
Offenders with mental disabilities > Rehabilitation > United States
Pre-trial intervention > United States