Acknowledgments
Acronyms
1 Introduction
2 Mentalities of Treatment: The Criminal Addict and the Project ofChange
3 The Personalities of Drugs
4 Translating Justice and Therapy: The Drug Treatment CourtNetwork
5 Caring for the Addicted Self
6 Conclusion
Notes; References; Index
Dawn Moore is an assistant professor in the departmentof Law, Carleton University.
Criminal Artefacts is an important book for the simple fact that it
offers unparalleled insight into current practices of governing the
criminal addict in Canada. More than this, Criminal Artefacts is an
elegant and concise study of the criminal justice system in action,
from the postwar period to the present day; focusing on the
criminal addict, the book offers a close look at the
therapeutic/rehabilitative project and its evolution in the wake of
neoliberalism. Moore bases this discussion on solid theoretical and
empirical ground and, as a result, Criminal Artefacts will be an
important source for critically minded sociologists,
anthropologists, and criminologists interested in drug law and
addiction, as well as theoretically minded counsellors, therapists,
and legal professionals.It provides readers with useful background
information on the rise of therapeutic initiatives to treat drug
and alcohol addiction within the Canadian criminal justice system.
It also offers a unique analysis of the role that cultural
perceptions of drugs and their users play in the formation of
governing strategies. The book is most compelling, however, due to
Moore’s critical analysis of new and relatively unexplored criminal
justice interventions like DTCs.
*Canadian Journal of Sociology, 2008, Vol. 33, Issue 4*
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