The rapid expansion of the American drug court movement is by now a rather well-documented story. Practitioners, politicians, and academics alike acknowledge the profound impact that
drug courts have had on the American criminal justice system. From a range of disciplinary perspectives, contributors to this volume seek to make sense of this important judicial innovation. Since the first drug court was initiated in 1989, more than 1, 200 similar courts have been established or are in the planning and
implementation stages throughout the United States. Mostly they offer low-level drug
offenders a court-monitored treatment alternative to the normal adjudication process. Informed by a uniquely…
