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  5. Adult Drug Courts (Paperback)

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  1. PDF Research Update on Adult Drug Courts

    Research Update on Adult Drug Courts By Douglas B. Marlowe, J.D., Ph.D. Chief of Science, Law & Policy December 2010 Knowneed to More research has been published on the effects of adult Drug Courts than virtually all other criminal justice programs combined. By 2006, the scientific community had concluded beyond a reasonable

  2. Research Update on Adult Drug Courts

    In each analysis, the results revealed that drug courts significantly reduce rearrest or reconviction rates by an average of approximately 8 to 26 percent. A recent cost-related meta-analysis concluded that drug courts produce an average of $2.21 in direct benefits to the criminal justice system for every $1.00 invested.

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

    Introduction. Drug treatment courts are a form of therapeutic jurisprudence falling under the more general modern rubric of "problem-solving courts" and have been called the most significant criminal justice initiative of the 20 th century. 1 The basic philosophy behind problem-solving courts, drug treatment courts included, is that individuals committing crime often suffer from illness or ...

  4. NIJ's Multisite Adult Drug Court Evaluation

    This five-year longitudinal process, impact and cost evaluation of adult treatment drug court programs employed a hierarchical model and sampled nearly 1,800 drug court and non-drug-court persons on probation from 29 rural, suburban and urban jurisdictions across the United States. Conceptual Framework of the Evaluation.

  5. [PDF] Research Update on Adult Drug Courts

    Research Update on Adult Drug Courts. D. Marlowe. Published 1 December 2010. Law, Psychology. More research has been published on the effects of adult Drug Courts than virtually all other criminal justice programs combined. By 2006, the scientific community had concluded beyond a reasonable doubt from advanced statistical procedures called meta ...

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

    Adult drug courts address the occurrence of substance use disorders but there are additional needs to be intervened upon. Adult drug courts may be a viable intervention point to address issues of parenting and mental health to improve the wellbeing of criminal justice-involved individuals, their children, and families.

  7. Research Update On Adult Drug Courts

    The National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare offers free technical assistance to a variety of systems on making policy and practice changes to improve outcomes for families affected by substance use disorders and involvement with child welfare services. To learn more about technical assistance services or if you have a question ...

  8. Overview of Drug Courts

    The Adult Drug Court Research to Practice Initiative promotes the dissemination of emerging research on drug courts. Drug courts are specialized court docket programs that target criminal defendants, juveniles who have been convicted of a drug offense, and parents with pending child welfare cases who have alcohol and other drug dependency ...

  9. Strengthening the Foundation: A Look at Past, Present, and Future

    As one component of the Strengthening the Foundation - A Researcher and Practitioner Partnership project funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, this research brief provides a snapshot of the existing evidence base behind the adult drug court model, while also identifying potential areas of interest to seed the next generation of drug court research.

  10. Adult Drug Treatment Courts and Community-Level Drug Possession Arrests

    Though the literature largely recognizes adult drug treatment courts (ADCs) ... Research on drug courts: A critical review 1999 update. In National Drug Court Institute Review (Vol. 2, 2nd ed., pp. 1-58). National Drug Court Institute. Google Scholar ... Office of Problem-Solving Courts, NPC Research. Google Scholar. Marlowe D. B., Hardin C ...

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

    Effectiveness. Meta-analyses and multisite studies conducted within the past decade determined that adult drug courts significantly reduced criminal recidivism—typically measured by re-arrest rates over 2-3 years—by an average of approximately 12-32%, with the best drug courts reducing recidivism by 50-85% (Carey et al., 2012; Mitchell et al., 2012; Rossman et al., 2011).

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

    Effectiveness. Meta-analyses and multisite studies conducted within the past decade determined that adult drug courts significantly reduced criminal recidivism—typically mea-sured by re-arrest rates over 2-3 years—by an average of approximately 12-32%, with the best drug courts reducing recidivism by 50-85% (Carey et al., 2012 ...

  13. The Multi-Site Adult Drug Court Evaluation: The Impact of Drug Courts

    Phase II consisted of a mixed-method research project with qualitative and quasi-experimental designs implemented between 2005 and 2010, where data from 1,156 drug court and 625 non-drug court participants were sampled including interviews, drug tests, administrative records, court observation and interviews, and budget and other cost information.

  14. 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 ...

  15. Drug Courts

    2.1 Criminal Recidivism. Meta-analyses are advanced statistical procedures that calculate the average effects of an intervention across numerous research studies. Several meta-analyses conducted in the United States and Canada [2, 30, 34, 44, 55, 61] and national multisite studies in the United States [5, 52] concluded that adult drug courts significantly reduce criminal recidivism—typically ...

  16. Drug Courts

    Research from the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) found that drug courts reduce participant recidivism and drug use. According to NIJ's Multisite Adult Drug Court Evaluation , drug court participants were less likely than a comparison group (40 percent vs. 53 percent) to report committing crimes in the year before being interviewed for the ...

  17. Fact Sheet: Targeting the Right Participants for Adult Drug Court

    Adult drug courts are not designed to treat all justice-involved adults who use drugs. They were created to fill a specific service gap for individuals with substance use disorders not responding to existing correctional programs—the ones who were not adhering to standard probation conditions, being rearrested for new offenses soon after release from custody, and repeatedly returning to ...

  18. Adult Treatment Court Best Practice Standards

    In 2013 and 2015, All Rise, then NADCP, released the first edition of the Adult Drug Court Best Practice Standards in two volumes. The combined landmark document was the product of more than six years of exhaustive work by diverse experts who reviewed scientific research on best practices in treatment courts, other correctional rehabilitation programs, and substance use, mental health, and ...

  19. Exploring the Key Components of Drug Courts: A ...

    This NIJ‐funded paper examined process, outcomes and costs in 18 drug courts across four states and one U.S. territory (California, Michigan,Oregon, Maryland and Guam). This study explores how different drug court programs are implementing the 10 Key Components and, in particular, how practices vary across programs.

  20. Research Update on Adult Drug Courts

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  21. What Matters More in Explaining Drug Court Graduation and Rearrest

    A statewide evaluation of New York's adult drug courts: Testing which policies work best [Paper presentation]. The New York Association of Drug Treatment Court Professionals Training. ... Research update on adult drug courts. National Association of Drug Court Professionals.

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    OJJDP FY24 Juvenile Drug Treatment Court Solicitation. All Rise. Updates. March 20, 2024 RISE24 Updates ... The second edition of the newly renamed Adult Treatment Court Best Practice Standards will be released in two parts: Standards I-VI are available now, and Standards VII-X will be released in 2024. ... Stay up to date with All Rise and our ...

  23. Treatment Court Institute

    The Treatment Court Institute leads training, technical assistance, and research dissemination for more than 4,000 treatment court programs in the United States. The Institute's expertise spans all treatment court models and ensures that treatment courts adopt and retain evidence-based practices and best practice standards. Formerly known as ...