Users, Dealers, and Criminal Justice in Texas District Courts

Our goal was to examine drug and non drug offenses and within drug offenses possession and delivery offenses in terms of (1) social characteristics associated with the offenses and (2) treatment by the criminal justice process of offenses by four critical judicial events; seriousness of felony charg...

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Published in:Journal of drug issues 1982-04, Vol.12 (2), p.211-222
Main Authors: White, O Z, Lindquist, John H.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Correctional treatment programs
Courts
Criminal justice
Criminals
District courts
Drug abuse
Offenses
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Summary:Our goal was to examine drug and non drug offenses and within drug offenses possession and delivery offenses in terms of (1) social characteristics associated with the offenses and (2) treatment by the criminal justice process of offenses by four critical judicial events; seriousness of felony charged, bond status, disposition of the offense, and sentence. Social characteristics for drug and non drug offenses were more alike than different, even though it was very clear that the criminal justice process treated drug offenses quite differently than non drug offenses, and treated delivery differently than possession.
ISSN:0022-0426
1945-1369
DOI:10.1177/002204268201200207