U.S. Department of Justice

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  • 023663

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  • Published 2009.
  • 37 pages.

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Rethinking Drug Courts: Restorative Justice as a Response to Racial Injustice

Publication year: 2009 | Cataloged on: Apr. 16, 2009
ANNOTATION: Serious problems with the use of drug courts and the use of restorative justice to fix them are recounted. This report has these sections: introduction; racial disparities in the war on drugs -- magnitude and nature of the problem; why drug treatment courts are not a solution to the problems associated with racial disparities; a better answer -- reimagining drug courts in restorative justice terms; and conclusion.
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