%0 Journal Article
%T Perceptions of Balanced Justice and Rehabilitation for Drug Offenders
%A Cassandra A. Atkin-Plunk
%A Lincoln B. Sloas
%J Criminal Justice Policy Review
%@ 1552-3586
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0887403418762532
%X Drug courts were designed as a way to provide both rehabilitation and sanction-based approaches to drug offenders. Yet studies have not directly tested a ¡°balanced¡± approach to justice for drug offenders. Drawing on the work of Mears, Pickett, and Mancini, this study adapts the philosophical tenets of juvenile courts into a drug court setting. This study uses multinomial logistic regression from a sample of 575 undergraduate criminology and criminal justice students from a large southern university to assess support for sanctioning approaches for nonviolent and violent drug offenders. Findings suggest that participants support a balanced justice approach to sanctioning violent drug offenders, whereas supporting a rehabilitation approach to sanctioning nonviolent drug offenders. The findings from this study highlight the importance of the public¡¯s differing views on sanctioning drug-involved offenders
%K drug courts
%K sanctioning
%K balanced justice
%K rehabilitation
%K public opinion
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0887403418762532