A Decade of Drug Treatment Court Research

Authors

Susan Turner, RAND Corporation
Douglas Longshore, RAND Corporation
Suzanne Wenzel, RAND Corporation
Elizabeth Deschenes, California State University Long Beach
Peter Greenwood, Greenwood and Associates
Terry Fain, RAND Corporation
Adele Harrell, Urban Institute
Andrew Morral, RAND Corporation
Faye Taxman, University of Maryland
Martin Iguchi, RAND Corporation
Judith Greene
Duane C. McBride, Andrews UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2002

Keywords

Collaborative linkages, Compliance, Drug treatment court, Evaluability, Management information systems, Noncompliance, Restorative justice, Therapeutic jurisprudence

Abstract

As drug treatment courts have multiplied over the past decade, so too have research evaluations conducted on their implementation and effectiveness. This article explores the decade of drug treatment court research conducted at RAND, starting with the experimental field evaluation of Maricopa's drug testing and treatment options to the most current 14-site national evaluation of courts funded in 1995-96 by the Drug Court Program Office. The article presents summaries of findings, a brief description of a drug treatment court typology, and suggestion of where future research might focus.

Journal Title

Substance Use and Misuse

Volume

37

Issue

12-13

First Page

1489

Last Page

1527

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1081/JA-120014420

First Department

Behavioral Sciences

Recommended Citation

Turner, Susan; Longshore, Douglas; Wenzel, Suzanne; Deschenes, Elizabeth; Greenwood, Peter; Fain, Terry; Harrell, Adele; Morral, Andrew; Taxman, Faye; Iguchi, Martin; Greene, Judith; and McBride, Duane C., "A Decade of Drug Treatment Court Research" (2002). Faculty Publications. 2236.
https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/pubs/2236