This is a critical review of 37 published and unpublished evaluations of drug courts
(including seven juvenile drug courts, one DUI court, and one family drug court) produced …

This article reviews the issues surrounding victim participation in the criminal justice system.
It then examines the extent of victims' involvement in the process and its impact on their …

This landmark volume responds to the persistent demands from criminal justice
professionals, policy advisers and the general public forcorrectional options that work'. The …

The purposes of drug testing by the criminal justice system are to screen for persons who
have recently ingested a drug, to identify chronic drug users, to monitor and deter drug use …

One of the most widely accepted findings in criminology is the strong curvilinear association
between age and crime. Studies have indicated that involvement in criminal behavior rises …

The determinants of recidivism are increasingly becoming the focus of public concern. This
study explores the relative effect of type of intervention, offender characteristics, and type of …

This study presents extensive life history information for a sample of 164 female arrestees in
Manhattan who were interviewed and provided anonymous and voluntary urine specimens …

* Senior Statistical Analyst with Hennepin County Department of Community Corrections.
MA (Sociology) 1985, University of Minnesota; Currently a Ph. D. candidate in the …

Recent attempts to improve the validity of prediction models of pretrial misconduct have
incorporated the defendant's drug use, as indicated by drug test results. A related and …

The focus of previous probation studies has been on identifying the significant predictors of
probation outcomes (eg, violations and arrests) and probation processes (eg, revocation). In …