From 1997 to 1999, the Crime and Justice Research Institute conducted focus groups with
drug court participants in six American drug courts1 to solicit the views of individuals who …

The 8-day study included attendance at an International Association of Drug Court
Professionals Conference and the Sixth US National Drug Court Training Conference, as …

This executive summary offers a synopsis of the major findings from a process evaluation of
the North St. Louis County Drug Court for the first 16 months of its operation. Most of the …

The program began in 1992 and was modeled after the FIRST drug court program in
Alameda County (Calif.). It combined specialized drug treatment with court supervision and …

The comments from these participants were compiled as part of the 1997" information
update" conducted by the Office of Justice Programs Drug Court Clearinghouse and …

This dissertation is a case study of an adult drug court in a medium-size Midwestern city. The
primary impetus behind the creation of the drug court model was the partial recognition that …

An evaluation of the evolution and operation of two pioneering drug courts in Las Vegas,
Nevada, and Portland, Oregon, comprises this interim report of the National Evaluation of …

Drug courts have been in existence since 1989, yet few process evaluations have appeared
in the literature to help inform the discussion about their effectiveness. This article reports …

The purpose of this research was to ask common questions of two different drug courts and
to test some of the assumptions of the drug court model by using the framework of a drug …

Operating with community support and through partnerships among treatment providers and
the criminal justice system, drug courts address substance abuse as a root cause of criminal …