This guide for participants is one of four manuals that, together, explain how drug court teams can create a program to help drug court participants pursue higher education. The Practitioners Manual provides a road map for the entire program, which gives step-by-step guidance to participants enrolling in and seeking financial aid for college.
This report provides a process evaluation of eight specialized reentry courts participating in a multi-year, multi-site study. Among the major findings, the eight sites all use an evidence-based risk/need assessment tool and target moderate- and/or high-risk offenders.
Shannon M. Carey of NPC Research discusses the impact of the Rockefeller Drug Law Reform, which in 2009 eliminated New York's mandatory prison sentences for most felony drug offenders. According to a study she co-authored, court-ordered treatment enrollment after the reform was implemented in 2009 increased by 77 percent.
The National Drug Court Online Learning System at www.treatmentcourts.org offers free training modules on a wide range of topics by national experts. In this podcast, Valerie Raine and Dennis Reilly, both of the Center for Court Innovation, explain how drug courts can use the system to educate new employees and keep their teams up to date on developments in the field.
This report presents an outcomes and impact evaluation of Nassau County Juvenile Treatment Court, launched in 2008 as a part of the national Reclaiming Futures initiative. Due to implementation obstacles and resource shortfalls, not all of the evidence-based practices that were envisioned for this court were fully realized. Outcome and impact findings were equivocal, with a majority of participants not graduating from the court and no substantial differences in re-arrest rates between the participant and comparison groups.
Learn how to implement a program to assist adult drug court participants in applying to and enrolling in community college in your adult drug treatment court. Download the webinar powerpoint presentation here.
This report examines a project to improve drug court screening and referral protocols and increase access to vocational and education services, in a well-established drug court in Syracuse, New York. The enhancement did not result in significant improvements to either drug court access or referral time; the project did result in some improvements in service provision.
This Urban Institute evaluation of two mental health courts in New York City finds that mental health court participants are significantly less likely to recidivate, as compared to similar offenders with mental illness who experience business-as-usual court processing.
An examination of factors associated with program compliance and recidivism in the Brooklyn Mental Health Court, this report documents that prior criminal history and having a co-occurring substance disorder predict noncompliance, mental health court failure, and re-arrest.
