Making addicts: critical reflections on agency and responsibility from lawyers and decision makers.

addiction alcohol and other drugs family violence gender judges law lawyers qualitative research sexual violence

Journal

Psychiatry, psychology, and law : an interdisciplinary journal of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law
ISSN: 1321-8719
Titre abrégé: Psychiatr Psychol Law
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9433511

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2023
Historique:
pmc-release: 17 01 2024
entrez: 23 1 2023
pubmed: 24 1 2023
medline: 24 1 2023
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Various activities are increasingly characterised as 'addictions', including within the law, and raise important questions. Do 'addicts' have agency? Do addictions shape social problems such as family and sexual violence? And how do those involved in legal systems perceive addictions? This paper explores these questions. Drawing on qualitative interviews with lawyers and decision makers (

Identifiants

pubmed: 36687761
doi: 10.1080/13218719.2022.2112099
pii: 2112099
pmc: PMC9848289
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

33-50

Informations de copyright

© 2022 The Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law.

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Auteurs

Kate Seear (K)

Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC, Australia.

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