Research on drug courts: a critical review 2001 update

By S. Belenko. 2001

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Effects of family treatment drug courts on substance abuse and child welfare outcomes (2008, background): “Many studies (Belenko, 2001; Marlowe et al., 2003; Roman et al., 2003) have shown that adult drug courts are effective at improving treatment compliance and reducing criminal recidivism among adults involved with the justice system.”
Therapeutic jurisprudence and procedural justice in Scottish Drug Courts (2009, background): “…Courts can contribute to reductions in drug use and drugrelated offending and improvements in health and well-being (e.g. Gebelein, 2000; Goldkamp, 2000; Belenko, 2001; Goldkamp et al., 2001; Freeman, 2002; Lind et al., 2002; Makkai and Veraar, 2003; Indermauer et al., 2004; Wilson et al., 2004).”
The Effect of Drug Court Programming on Recidivism: the Cincinnati Experience (2003, background): “The 1997 Government Accounting Office (GAO) report and the various updated reviews of the research by Belenko (1998, 1999) have concluded that drug courts are successful in reducing recidivism and substance abuse and that graduates of these programs fare significantly better than nongraduates.”
Assessing the effectiveness of drug courts on recidivism: A meta-analytic review of traditional and non-traditional drug courts (2012, methodology): “…drug courts’ effectiveness in reducing wilsonb@gmu.edu @psu.edu (D.L. MacKenzie). rights reserved. recidivism is weakest among the most methodologically rigorous evaluations (e.g., Belenko, 2001; U.S. General Accounting Office [GAO], 1997, 2005; Shaffer, 2011; Wilson, Mitchell, & MacKenzie, 2006).”
Measuring the effectiveness of mental health courts: Challenges and recommendations. (2005, background): “Specialized courts that divert drug offenders to treatment have a long, established history (Nolan, 2001) and have been studied extensively, although not reliably, for over 15 years (Belenko, 1998, 2001).”
Are Judicial Status Hearings A Key Component Of Drug Court? During-Treatment Data From a Randomized Trial (2003, background): “Substantial evidence has accumulated to support the utility and cost-effectiveness of drug courts (Belenko, 1998, 1999, 2001; Marlowe & Festinger, 2000; Peters & Murrin, 2000; Shaw & Robinson, AUTHORS’ NOTE: This research was supported by Grant #R01-DA-13096 from the National Institute on Drug…”
“Managing Drug-Involved Probationers With Swift and Certain Sanctions: Evaluating Hawaii’s HOPE. Evaluation Report” NCJ 229023 (2009, background): “The voluminous drug-court literature (reviewed, e.g., in Belenko, 2001) reflects the value of active judicial supervision in dealing with drug-involved offenders.”