Drug Courts: Background, Effectiveness, and Policy Issues for Congress
Title | Drug Courts: Background, Effectiveness, and Policy Issues for Congress PDF eBook |
Author | Celinda Franco |
Publisher | DIANE Publishing |
Pages | 33 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Drug abuse |
ISBN | 143794180X |
Drug Courts
Title | Drug Courts PDF eBook |
Author | Celinda Franco |
Publisher | |
Pages | 29 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Drug abuse |
ISBN |
Drug and Veterans' Treatment Courts
Title | Drug and Veterans' Treatment Courts PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism |
Publisher | |
Pages | 108 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
Drug Treatment Options for the Justice System
Title | Drug Treatment Options for the Justice System PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform. Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, and Human Resources |
Publisher | |
Pages | 92 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN |
Adult Drug Courts
Title | Adult Drug Courts PDF eBook |
Author | U.s. Government Accountability Office |
Publisher | Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Pages | 62 |
Release | 2017-08-10 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781974436286 |
A drug court is a specialized court thattargets criminal offenders who havedrug addiction and dependencyproblems. These programs provideoffenders with intensive courtsupervision, mandatory drug testing, substance-abuse treatment, and othersocial services as an alternative toadjudication or incarceration. As ofJune 2010, there were over 2,500 drugcourts operating nationwide, of whichabout 1,400 target adult offenders. TheDepartment of Justice's (DOJ) Bureauof Justice Assistance (BJA)administers the Adult Drug CourtDiscretionary Grant Program, whichprovides financial and technicalassistance to develop and implementadult drug-court programs. DOJrequires grantees that receive fundingto provide data that measure theirperformance. In response to the FairSentencing Act of 2010, this reportassesses (1) data DOJ collected onthe performance of federally fundedadult drug courts and to what extentDOJ used these data in making grant-related decisions, and (2) what isknown about the effectiveness of drugcourts. GAO assessed performancedata DOJ collected in fiscal year 2010and reviewed evaluations of 32 drug-court programs and 11 cost-benefitstudies issued from February 2004through March 2011
Drug Courts
Title | Drug Courts PDF eBook |
Author | United States. General Accounting Office |
Publisher | |
Pages | 88 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Drug abuse |
ISBN |
Adult Drug Courts
Title | Adult Drug Courts PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Government Accountability Office |
Publisher | |
Pages | 96 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Criminals |
ISBN |