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  1. Systematic review of the impact of adult drug treatment courts

    Systematic review of the impact of adult drug treatment courts

  2. Drug Courts: The Good, the Bad, and the Misunderstood

    A 2013 study found that 88% of state drug courts in the United States excluded individuals with prior violence convictions from drug court, and 63% excluded those with current violent charges (Sevigny et al., 2013). Research does not support automatic violence exclusions for at least three reasons.

  3. Drug court as a potential intervention point to impact the well-being

    Drug court participants (DCP) often have needs around their mental health, employment, education, problem-solving skills, anti-social cognitions, family conflict, parenting, and medical care and some drug courts have added these services either in-house or through community referrals (Green & Rempel, 2012; National Research Council, 2014 ...

  4. Drug Courts and the 'Responsibility without Blame' Approach

    Drug Courts (DCs) are a growing phenomenon in the United States. The first one appeared in 1989 in Florida, and by 2021, there were more than 3500 across the country, divided between several specialties (Juvenile Drug Courts, Family Drug Courts, Veterans Treatment Courts, etc.). 1 One possible explanation of this spectacular growth may be the toll of the ongoing opioid epidemic: the odds of ...

  5. PDF Chapter 32 Drug Courts: The Good, the Bad, and the Misunderstood

    Drug Courts: The Good, the Bad, and the Misunderstood

  6. PDF Research on Drug Courts: a Critical Review

    For the 102 individuals going through the Riverside County (CA) drug court in one year, the estimated total annual savings is $2,047,608 ($2,501,958 in jail/prison/parole costs averted, versus a program cost of $310,710 for one year of treatment and $143,640 in court processing costs).

  7. Systematic review of the impact of adult drug-treatment courts

    The review concludes by examining the limitations of the current literature, challenges to conducting research in drug court samples, and potential future directions for research on DTC interventions. A review of nonexperimental and quasi-experimental literature regarding the impact of DTCs points toward benefit versus traditional adjudication ...

  8. Perspectives on the Drug Court Model Across Systems: A Process

    Abstract. Drug courts have been in existence since 1989, yet few process evaluations have appeared in the literature to help inform the discussion about their effectiveness. This article reports findings from a process evaluation of a drug court program in San Mateo, California. The evaluation was designed to document the history of the program ...

  9. Taking Stock of Drug Courts: Do They Work?

    Research demonstrates that judges have a large impact on how their drug court operates, and thus service delivery can be punctuated or hampered based on judicial knowledge of drug courts and substance abuse treatment generally (Carey et al., Citation 2012; Jones, Citation 2013; Zweig, Lindquist, Downey, Roman, & Rossman, Citation 2012). This ...

  10. Outcome Effects on Recidivism Among Drug Court Participants

    Drug courts were established to reduce recidivism rates for substance-involved offenders who traditionally would have been sentenced to conventional probation supervision. ... SUBMIT PAPER. Criminal Justice and Behavior. Impact Factor: 2.1 / 5-Year ... His research concerns comparative cross-cultural criminal justice and agency research ...

  11. Overview of Drug Courts

    Overview of Drug Courts | National Institute of Justice

  12. PDF Drug Courts: Background, Effectiveness, and Policy Issues for Congress

    Drug courts are specialized court dockets, or parts of judges' calendars of cases awaiting action in court, that generally focus on cases involving nonviolent offenders with substance-abuse problems.1 Drug court programs generally include intensive court supervision, drug testing, and substance-abuse treatment.

  13. Drug courts: Conceptual foundation, empirical findings, and policy

    [1] Although the research in this article is based on the widespread empirical results that have been generated in conjunction with the US drug court experience over the past two decades, findings are in most cases likewise relevant to similar initiatives in other countries without benefit of an extensive empirical foundation on which to rely in shaping their developmental drug court initiatives.

  14. How Drug Courts Fall Short: A New Report Investigates this ...

    How Drug Courts Fall Short: A New Report Investigates this ...

  15. What Works? The Ten Key Components of Drug Court ...

    The Ten Key Components of Drug Court: Research-Based Best Practices. Drug Court Review, 8(1), 6-42. 2012. Authors Carey, S. M., Mackin, J. R., & Finigan, M. W. Associated Files Full Article Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Appendix D Characteristics in 69 drug courts Associated Staff Shannon M. Carey

  16. PDF Research Update on Adult Drug Courts

    formance of indi-vidual Drug Courts. Approximately three quarters of the Drug Courts (78%) were found to have significantly reduced crime (Shaffer, 2006), with the best Drug Courts reducing crime by as much as 35 to 40 percent (Lo. enkamp et al., 2005; Shaffer, 2006). In well-controlled experimental studies, the reductions in recidivism were ...

  17. Research on Drug Courts: A Critical Review

    In addition, drug courts were quite successful in bridging the gap between the court and the treatment-public health systems and spurring greater cooperation among the various agencies and personnel within the criminal justice system. Gaps in knowledge about drug courts that future research should address are identified. 30 references and 1 table

  18. Treating Substance Use Disorders in the Criminal Justice System

    Treating Substance Use Disorders in the Criminal Justice ...

  19. Do Drug Courts Work? Findings From Drug Court Research

    Do Drug Courts Work? Findings From Drug Court Research

  20. Drug Courts Research Papers

    This essay explores why drug courts fail to provide the most medically advanced forms of drug addiction treatment. Reasons include the following: a cultural preference for abstinence-only treatments; belief that addiction medication is ″immoral″; hyperbolic fear of the illegal diversion of medication; cultural loyalty to twelve-step groups ...

  21. PDF Justice and Treatment Innovation: The Drug Court Movement

    • Research that confirmed the link between drugs and crime. II The research and development program that resulted in the creation of police body armor that has meant the ... Innovation: The Drug Court Movement A Working Paper of the First National Drug Court Conference, Decenlber 1993 -John S. Goldkamp u\!CJRS DEC 5 1994 ACQUISITiONS

  22. Adult Drug Court Research to Practice (R2P) Initiative

    The Bureau of Justice Assistance and the National Institute of Justice funded drug court experts at the National Center for State Courts and American University to produce a series of webinars, webcasts and other materials to promote timely dissemination of research on addiction, substance abuse treatment, and drug court programming. Please visit the National Drug Court Resource Center for ...

  23. Using Artificial Intelligence to Advance the Research and Development

    While artificial intelligence has successful and innovative applications in common medicine, could its application facilitate research on rare diseases? This study explores the application of artificial intelligence (AI) in orphan drug research, focusing on how AI can address three major barriers: high financial risk, development complexity, and low trialability. This paper begins with an ...

  24. Drug Courts Research Paper

    This sample drugs research paper on drug courts features: 6800 words (approx. 22 pages) and a bibliography with 39 sources. Browse other research paper examples for more inspiration. If you need a thorough research paper written according to all the academic standards, you can always turn to our experienced writers for help.

  25. Supreme Court rejects bid to restrict access to abortion pill

    In rejecting the challenge, the court "maintained the stability of the FDA drug approval process, which is based on the agency's expertise and on which patients, health care providers and the ...