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Drug Courts in Operation

Current Research

• By James Joseph Hennessy

• Price: $39.95
• Binding: Paperback (also available in Hardback)
• Pages: 144
• Published by: Routledge
• Publication Date: 23rd April 2002
• ISBN: 978-0-7890-1695-9

About the Book

Examine an innovative strategy for fighting the war on drugs!

Drug Courts in Operation: Current Research provides an in-depth look at an increasingly utilized approach to rehabilitating substance abusers. Drug courts offer their participants a chance to better themselves by providing support and structure to those that do not have it in their life, offering substance abusers a chance to participate in rehabilitation in lieu of incarceration. This insightful book examines the history of drug courts as a principal treatment alternative to incarceration, outlines the risk factors of children living with drug-addicted parents, and introduces a program to help strengthen families.

The book delivers vital information on:

• introducing programs to help prevent narcotic use by children with drug-addicted parents
• the need for cultural- and gender-specific treatment plans, especially in the treatment of women and African-American males
• treatment dosage effects
• the importance of length of participation to outcomes
• focus groups designed to help drug court participants with their employment needs
• predictors of engagement in court-mandated treatment programs
• how legal coercion of high-risk patients via the threat of incarceration motivates participants to succeed

Table of Contents

• Introduction: Drug Courts in Operation
• The “Drug Court Strengthening Families” Program
• Issues of Race and Gender in Court-Ordered Substance Abuse Treatment
• Treatment “Dosage” Effects in Drug Court Programs
• Employment Issues Among Drug Court Participants
• Predictors of Engagement in Court-Mandated Treatment: Findings at the Brooklyn Treatment Court, 1996-2000
• Index
• Reference Notes Included