Drugs, Women, and Justice: Roles of the Criminal Justice System for Drug-Affected Women, (Paperback)

The numbers of women offenders involved in the correctional system are quickly growing. Drugs, Women, and Justicegathers a distinguished group of researchers and policy analysts into one volume to explore the broad social and individual implications of current policy and practice pertaining to women in the criminal justice system. This valuable resource provides readers with a superb overview of the current state of knowledge and provides recommendations for new directions. Each top-notch chapter was originally presented at the Drugs, Women, and Justice symposium at the Jane Addams Substance Abuse Research Collaboration.