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Drug Courts

By: Jerome McKean
In: Encyclopedia of Race and Crime
Edited by: Helen Taylor Greene & Shaun L. Gabbidon
Subject:Race, Ethnicity & Crime, Ethnic Studies

In a drug court, a trial court judge is assigned a docket of cases involving offenders whose crimes are related to their dependency on alcohol or illegal drugs. There are two major types of drug courts: drug case management courts and ...

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  McKean, J. (2009). Drug courts. In H. T. Greene, & S. L. Gabbidon (Eds.), Encyclopedia of race and crime (pp. 226-228). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412971928.n93
  
  McKean, Jerome. "Drug Courts." In Encyclopedia of Race and Crime, edited by Greene, Helen Taylor., and Shaun L. Gabbidon, 226-28. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412971928.n93.
  
  McKean, J. 2009. Drug Courts. In: Helen T. Greene and Shaun L. Gabbidon Editors, 2009. Encyclopedia of Race and Crime, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 226-228 Available at: <http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412971928.n93> [Accessed 2 Mar 2021].
  
  McKean, Jerome. "Drug Courts." Encyclopedia of Race and Crime. Edited by Helen T. Greene and Shaun L. Gabbidon. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2009, pp. 226-28. SAGE Knowledge. 2 Mar 2021, doi: http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412971928.n93.
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