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Criminal

Sep. 24, 2005

Jurist Gets Inside Addicts' Heads

SAN JOSE - Aaron Persky, a psychiatrist's son who was assigned last fall to be a judge in Santa Clara County's drug court, has spent his time on the bench educating himself on the science as well as the real-world facts of addiction.

By Craig Anderson
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        SAN JOSE - Aaron Persky, a psychiatrist's son who was assigned last fall to be a judge in Santa Clara County's drug court, has spent his time on the bench educating himself on the science as well as the real-world facts of addiction.
        He studied the phy...

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