Is drug addiction a disease that can be treated, or is it a crime that should be punished? In her probing study, "Illness or Deviance?," Jennifer Murphy investigates the various perspectives on addiction, and how society has myriad ways of handling it incarcerating some drug users while putting others in treatment.
"Illness or Deviance?" highlights the confusion and contradictions about labeling addiction. Murphy s fieldwork in a drug court and an outpatient drug treatment facility yields fascinating insights, such as how courts and treatment centers both enforce the disease label of...

Is drug addiction a disease that can be treated, or is it a crime that should be punished? In her probing study, "Illness or Deviance?," Jennifer Murphy investigates the various perspectives on addiction, and how society has myriad ways of handling it incarcerating some drug users while putting others in treatment.
"Illness or Deviance?" highlights the confusion and contradictions about labeling addiction. Murphy s fieldwork in a drug court and an outpatient drug treatment facility yields fascinating insights, such as how courts and treatment centers both enforce the disease label of...