Drug courts aim to redirect offenders’ lives rather than punish proportionally

Evidence

Also gone is the aim of assigning aepunishment commensurate with the offense; instead, the aim is to redirect the offender’s life. The supervision of offenders by the drug court continues until they have successfully completed their treatment programs. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1963

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Drug courts fuse individualized addiction treatment directly into the judicial process. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1958; Incarceration without treating addiction fails to deter repeat drug offending. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1947; Drug courts are promoted as cheaper and more rehabilitative than traditional prosecution — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1972 (+15 more)

Broader Connections

• More punitive drug sanctions fail to deter subsequent drug offending #corroborates (0.95) — Joseph Avery, Jim Sidanius, Joel Cooper, Gregory Davis, Amanda N., Bias in the Law, 1078
• Prison sentences for drug offenses do not deter future drug offending #corroborates (0.95)
• Drug courts replace adversarial advocacy with team collaboration on treatment. #expands (0.95) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1962
• Drug courts are promoted as cheaper and more rehabilitative than traditional prosecution #expands (0.90) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1972
• Penal reform succeeded by managing illegalities differentially, not eliminating them #corroborates (0.90) — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 144
• Penalties target the inmate’s transformation, not the exchange value of the crime #corroborates (0.90) — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 374
• Penal codes keep stable while the substance judged shifts from crime to offender #complicates (0.85) — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 58
• Punitive drug sanctions may backfire by destroying desistance-promoting social opportunities #corroborates (0.85) — Joseph Avery, Jim Sidanius, Joel Cooper, Gregory Davis, Amanda N., Bias in the Law, 1074
• Certainty of apprehension deters drug crime but severity of punishment does not #corroborates (0.85) — Joseph Avery, Jim Sidanius, Joel Cooper, Gregory Davis, Amanda N., Bias in the Law, 1075
• Proportionate punishment mirrors distributive justice in reverse. #complicates (0.80) — Nicolas Baumard, A mutualistic approach to morality, 90
• Fiscal strain plus conservative coalitions drove decarceration of drug offenders #complicates (0.80) — Joseph Avery, Jim Sidanius, Joel Cooper, Gregory Davis, Amanda N., Bias in the Law, 1085
• Supreme Court rulings lowering the stop standard enabled aggressive drug enforcement #complicates (0.75) — Joseph Avery, Jim Sidanius, Joel Cooper, Gregory Davis, Amanda N., Bias in the Law, 1065
• The real target of punishment is potential offenders, not the convict himself #complicates (0.75) — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 177
• Disparity in drug sanctions stems from policing practices, not the drug policies #complicates (0.75) — Joseph Avery, Jim Sidanius, Joel Cooper, Gregory Davis, Amanda N., Bias in the Law, 1094
• Black drug and murder defendants receive harsher punishment than White ones #complicates (0.75)