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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Drug Courts"”.
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Drug courts and the Following of the Federal Guidelines
<p>During the 1980’s, drug offense were running high within the United States. The court system along with the police and other fields were forced to form other methods of dealing with offenders who have a substance abuse problem. In 1989, the first drug court in the United States was formed in the …
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Case Study of the Structures of Criminal and Drug Courts
… actors and organizations working in criminal and drug courts. Specifically, the dissertation examines the structure (as defined by the interactions and relationships of players) of a criminal court and a drug court operating under a state trial court system in the United States. Recent reforms to …
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Examining specialized drug courts: An evaluation of the Las Vegas Drug Court treatment program
… overcrowded jails and backlogged court dockets, drug courts use comprehensive treatment and graduated sanctions to deal with drug offenders. This study evaluates the Las Vegas Drug Court in terms of its effectiveness in reducing recidivism by comparing data for drug court cases with drug cases …
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The State of the Drug Court: A Systematic and Critical Analysis of Drug Court Evaluations
Drug courts have become an important part of adult and juvenile corrections. Since the establishment of the first adult drug court in 1989, the therapeutic court model has developed, and can now be considered a significant component in American criminal justice. The problem is adult drug courts …
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Care beyond justice: The conflicted ethics of drug treatment courts
… on ethnographic fieldwork at three metropolitan drug treatment courts in the United States. Drug treatment courts are specialized courts within the criminal justice system that offer eligible defendants a chance at treatment instead of incarceration. Unlike previous studies of drug courts, I …
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Factors That Influence Program Completion: Predicting Kentucky Drug Court Completion Outcomes
… examines data collected from Kentucky Drug Court to determine factors associated with program completion outcomes. Extant research on drug court completion outcomes is generally limited to individual drug courts and includes small numbers of observations. This research uses more than …
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YOUTH HARVEST: EXPLORING AN EMPLOYMENT-BASED, SERVICE-ORIENTED, THERAPEUTIC PROGRAM FOR “AT-RISK YOUTH”
In the mid-1990s, juvenile courts began establishing youth drug courts that blended the principles of restorative justice and the philosophy of therapeutic jurisprudence in an attempt to process juvenile drug offenders in a way that emphasizes rehabilitation of the offenders and restoration to the …
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YOUTH HARVEST: EXPLORING AN EMPLOYMENT-BASED, SERVICE-ORIENTED, THERAPEUTIC PROGRAM FOR “AT-RISK YOUTH”
In the mid-1990s, juvenile courts began establishing youth drug courts that blended the principles of restorative justice and the philosophy of therapeutic jurisprudence in an attempt to process juvenile drug offenders in a way that emphasizes rehabilitation of the offenders and restoration to the …
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Alternative to Incarceration Methods: A Case Study of the Hall County Drug Court
… This is one of the reasons that accountability courts have become a more accepted and utilized part of the criminal justice system. Many jurisdictions are taking advantage of what these programs have to offer in an effort to battle the rising cost of prosecuting drug offenders. Drug addiction is …
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Criminal Justice Policy, Race, and the Dynamics of Admission to Prison
… variation within one state, by exploring drug courts in Georgia. Drug court diversion programs offer people charged with drug possession who have a substance abuse issue an alternative to prison in exchange for participating in a court-supervised intensive treatment program. However, these …
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Evaluation of HIV/HCV Prevention Intervention: Taking it to Treatment Court
… is part of the greater Yellowstone County Family Drug Treatment Court (YCFDTC) program. The findings from this study will be used by the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, The Yellowstone County Family Drug Treatment Court, and the Montana HIV Prevention Community Planning …
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Evaluation of HIV/HCV Prevention Intervention: Taking it to Treatment Court
… is part of the greater Yellowstone County Family Drug Treatment Court (YCFDTC) program. The findings from this study will be used by the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, The Yellowstone County Family Drug Treatment Court, and the Montana HIV Prevention Community Planning …
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Therapeutic Jurisprudence in Criminal Justice: A Gendered Engagement
… study design consisting of four case studies of drug court sites—two in Australia and two in Canada—to compare and contrast how TJ is given effect in different settings and to examine women’s experiences of TJ in these settings. The study utilises mixed research methods including: non-participant …
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Refusing Rehabilitation: Outlaw Epistemologies and the Carceral-Therapeutic State in NYC
… “outlaw” horizons of justice, healing, drug use, and escape from carceral-therapeutic capture. Countering the individualizing mandate of rehabilitation, women in rehab articulate visions of healing grounded in interdependence, collective safety, and an end to structural violence, …