Little research has focused on systematically integrating clinical treatment within drug court
settings (a type of specialty court, and the most popular type of alternative to incarceration …

Little research has focused on systematically integrating clinical treatment within existing
drug court procedures. This could be particularly useful for clients with substance use …

Objective: Mental health courts provide an alternative to incarceration and address both
mental health and criminal justice needs. Many individuals within these treatment courts …

Objective Although drug treatment courts (DTCs) have demonstrated positive outcomes,
participants with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders (CODs) are a high …

Purpose Many individuals in drug treatment courts (DTCs) have co-occurring mental health
and substance use disorders (COD), which can negatively impact treatment engagement …

Objective: Although drug treatment courts (DTCs) have been well established, research
focused on the needs of DTC clients in rural communities is nascent. This pilot study fills this …

Background Adults with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders (CODs) are
overrepresented in jails. In-custody barriers to treatment, including a lack of evidence-based …

For the past 2 decades the US “war on drugs” has contributed to soaring incarceration rates,
prison overcrowding, and overly harsh and race-based sentencing. This article calls for …

The prevalence of co-occurring mental and addictive disorders (COD) among persons in
jails and prisons is exceedingly high (Baillargeon et al., 2009b; James & Glaze, 2006). The …

This article describes a randomized study to determine the effectiveness of a reentry
modified therapeutic community (RMTC) for offenders with co-occurring substance use and …