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Research on Drug Courts: A Critical Review, 2001 Update

Research on Drug Courts: A Critical Review, 2001 Update

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Belenko, Steven

Columbia University. National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (New York, NY)

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Princeton, NJ)

Published 2001. 63 pages.

Published and unpublished program evaluations done between 1999 and April 2001 or 28 drug courts, 7 juvenile drug courts, one family drug court, and one DUI court are reviewed. Sections of this publication include: executive summary; article summaries; introduction; method; findings (client characteristic, program operations, program outcomes, cost analysis, juvenile drug court evaluations, and family drug court evaluation); and discussion. Some of the findings consistent with those of 1998 and 1999 are: relative reduction in drug use and criminal activity while participants are in programs; lower rearrest and recidivism rates for program participants; and generation of net cost savings. Accession Number: 017247

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