Journal of Drug Issues back issues from January 2001:
Preface
Jan 01, 2001; ... Drug courts represent a growing trend that may further quash the idea that substance abuse and addiction can be stopped by a declaration of war. The so-- called war on drugs has plagued public policy since its inception during the Nixon administration in the early 1970s. Critics of the drug war ...
Introduction
Jan 01, 2001; ... INTRODUCTION Since the mid-1980s when the "war on drugs" was declared in the United States there was a substantial increase in drug related arrests and convictions in the nation. Drug related arrests increased from 581,000 in 1980 to 1,350,000 in 1994 and the number of inmates sentenced ...
Drug courts: A conceptual framework
Jan 01, 2001; ... Structural and process characteristics of drug courts may have a major influence on offender outcomes. However, despite the existence of dozens of outcome evaluations in the drug court literature, it is impossible to draw clear conclusions regarding variability in outcomes in relation to drug ...
Do drug courts work? Getting inside the drug court black box
Jan 01, 2001; ... This article argues that evaluation of drug courts will benefit not only from an organizing typology (Goldkamp, 1999a, 2000) that focuses research on the critical structural elements of the drug court model but also from an understanding of how drug courts are thought to deliver their impact. In ...
Drug courts and contingency management
Jan 01, 2001; ... Drug courts have become an increasingly popular response to the increased burden placed on the criminal justice system by substance abuse. However, evaluation findings have been less than consistent with respect to the ability of drug courts to have the desired impact on drug use and criminal ...
Considering the need for empirically grounded drug court screening mechanisms
Jan 01, 2001; ... A primary threat to the operative effectiveness of drug courts is high failure rates. Empirically supported screening devices could aid drug court administrators in maximizing resources, either through client selection or by helping to target problem clients in need of specialized assistance ....
Violent offenders in drug court
Jan 01, 2001; ... Drug courts are slowly beginning to expand their admission criteria to include more chronic and serious offenders since traditional probation and incarceration have failed to prevent drug use and crime. Drug courts have moved from providing diversion programs for first-time offenders charged ...
Determinants of graduation from a day treatment drug court in California: A preliminary study
Jan 01, 2001; ... This paper focuses on an evaluation of the Riverside County (California) Drug Court Program, a post conviction program that operates much like most drug courts in the country. Riverside County has a large population of drug abusers. A recent study (Sechrest and Josi, 1996) showed that about 40% ...
Drug courts and recidivism: The results of an evaluation using two comparison groups and multiple indicators of recidivism
Jan 01, 2001; ... Increases in the number of drug offenders appearing in state and federal courts, coupled with mounting evidence of both the linkages between drug use and crime and the efficacy of drug treatment programs, led many jurisdictions to implement drug treatment courts. Although these courts vary on a ...
An evaluation of the Chester County (PA) Drug Court Program
Jan 01, 2001; ... The Chester County (PA) Drug Court Program was implemented in October of 1997. By the end of January of 1999, 184 drug offenders had participated in the program. This evaluation of the Chester County Drug Court Program compares the 184 drug court participants to 51 comparable offenders who were ...
Reducing drug use and crime among offenders: The impact of graduated sanctions
Jan 01, 2001; ... The evaluation of the Washington, D.C., Superior Court Drug Intervention Program (SCDIP) compared drug felony defendants randomly assigned to either a docket offering structured graduated sanctions in combination with drug testing and judicial monitoring, or a docket using drug tests and ...
Everyday hassles: Barriers to recovery in drug court
Jan 01, 2001; ... Participants in a drug court are subjects in a study that analyzes the relationship between the everyday problems they identify in discussions with the judge and their patterns of recovery, as measured by compliance with program requirements. 130 types of problems mentioned in court revealed ...
Minority and non-minority perceptions of drug court program severity and effectiveness
Jan 01, 2001; ... In order for intermediate sanctions, such as drug court, to be considered effective alternatives to traditional punishments of probation and prison, offenders and policy makers must view them similarly. This article examines variation in participants' perceptions of the severity and ...