NCJ Number
187718
Journal
National Drug Court Institute Review Volume: 3 Issue: 1 Dated: Winter 2000 Pages: 121-134
Editor(s)
Kathleen R. Snavely
Date Published
2000
Length
14 pages
Annotation
This research update provides summarizes on seven studies in the field of drug court research and evaluation.
Abstract
This article covers seven recent drug court research and evaluation studies: (1) a first year outcome evaluation on the Greater Cleveland Drug Court Program which found 58.5 days between arrest and treatment for participants versus 177.8 days for the comparison group; (2) a retention and cost benefit analysis of the Allen County Drug Court Intervention Program reported a 75 percent retention rate, while the program cost per participant was estimated at $1,650; (3) an outcome evaluation of the Delaware Juvenile Drug Court Diversion Program in New Castle and Kent Counties found 18 months after completion a recidivism rate of 47.7 percent for the compliance group, 67.3 percent for the non-compliance group, and 60.5 percent for the control group; (4) a recidivism analysis and outcome evaluation of the Orange County Drug Courts in California found a recidivism rate of 16 percent for participants versus 24 percent for a probation comparison group; (5) an outcome evaluation covering the sanction of the Creek County Drug Court showed a retention rate of 68 percent; (6) a recidivism and cost benefit analysis of Project Exodus, Maine's first treatment drug court found cost savings of $5,556.69 per year, per client and 90 percent of the graduates were not known to have recidivated; and (7) a case processing evaluation of the Denver Drug Court found that 81 percent of those cases in treatment experienced no change or had a positive change in the level of treatment or supervision.