Drug Courts: A Profile of Operational Programs

• NCJ Number: 163488
• Author(s): C S Cooper; S R Bartlett
• Date Published: 1996
• Length: 83 pages
• Grant Number(s): SJI-95-02B-D-020
• Sponsoring Agency: State Justice Institute
• Corporate Author: American University
• Sale Source: American University; State Justice Institute
• Publication Type: Conference Material
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: DCC. See NCJ 163489 for Drug Courts: Participant Perspectives

Annotation

This report contains information presented at the State Justice Institute's 1995 First National Symposium on the Implementation and Operation of Drug Courts.

Abstract

This report presents operational information from 46 drug court programs in 26 States and the District of Columbia. Narrative and statistical data are included for: (1) total annual capacity of the program; (2) total number enrolled; (3) total number of graduates; (4) total number of persons unsuccessfully terminated; (5) total number of persons in bench warrant status; (6) total number of persons currently enrolled; (7) locus of program in judicial process; (8) eligibility criteria; (9) case screening process and final determination with regard to program eligibility; (10) judicial assignment; (11) population served by responding drug court programs; (12) treatment and rehabilitation services provided to drug court participants; (13) program procedures; and (14) resources required by the responding drug courts for program implementation. Charts, notes, appendixes