Research

Primary tabs

Updates | Fall 2018

Literature Review

Drug Court, Mental Health Court, Veterans’ Treatment Court
Elements of Successful Drug Treatment Courts

Elements of successful Veterans Treatment Courts

Veterans’ Treatment Court
BJA Drug Court Technical Assistance Project: 2015 Survey Results of Veteran's Treatment Courts
Veterans’ Treatment Court
Can Mental Health Courts be Effective for Participants with Co-Occurring Substance Use Disorders?

More recent research suggests that mental health courts can reduce jail days for those with co-occurring disorders

 

Mental Health Court
Mental Health Courts: Current State of the Science

Although there is promising evidence on recidivism, the lack of national standards and and differences in eligibility criteria makes cross jurisdictional comparisons difficult.

 

Mental Health Court
Does Severe Mental Illness Cause People to Commit Crimes?

The brief answer is that for the vast majority of criminal offenders the answer is “no.”

 

Mental Health Court
Is There a Bias or Prejudice Among Referral Procedures for Specialty Courts?

Race:

Drug Court, Mental Health Court, Veterans’ Treatment Court
National Institute of Justice's Multisite Adult Drug Court Evaluation
Drug Court
Overview of Specialty Courts Nationwide Survey Conducted in 2014 (Marlowe et al., 2016)

As of the end of December 2014, there were 3,057 drug courts in the U.S., which is a 24% increase in five years

Drug Court, Mental Health Court, Veterans’ Treatment Court
Predictors of Treatment Outcome in Drug Courts

Employment and history of injection drug use significant predictors (controlling for age, education, ethnicity, gender, marital status) (Roll et al., 2005)

Drug Court

Pages