Drug courts: an alternative to incarceration
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Date
2014
Authors
Garza Jr., Rogelio
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Publisher
Law Enforcement Management Institute of Texas (LEMIT)
Abstract
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Recommends use of drug courts as a way to deal with substance abuse offenders. Drug courts recognize that substance abuse is a health/addiction problem that incarceration does to help and, as a result, jails are becoming over crowded.
Keywords
drug courts, drug abuse