McSweeney, T. and Stevens, Alex and Hunt, N. and Turnbull, P.J. (2008) Drug testing and court review hearings: uses and limitations. Probation Journal, 55 (1). pp. 39-54.
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| Official URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0264550507085678 |
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Abstract
The ability of the UK criminal justice system to divert drug-dependent offenders into treatment has been enhanced during recent years. Despite the rapid expansion of such coercive measures, research findings to date are equivocal about their impact. This article draws on qualitative data from in-depth interviews with professionals and those mandated to treatment by the courts to assess the uses and limitations of two defining features of court-ordered drug treatment in Britain and elsewhere – drug testing and court review hearings – as a means of promoting and monitoring compliance with the conditions of these disposals.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare |
| Divisions: | Faculties > Social Sciences > School of Social Policy Sociology and Social Research > European Institute for Social Services (RAE) |
| Depositing User: | Alex Stevens |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Apr 2009 14:14 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Jul 2012 08:06 |
| Resource URI: | http://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/13329 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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