Drug Courts and the Criminal Justice System / / ed. by Shelley Johnson Listwan, Deborah Koetzle.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2018
• MitwirkendeR: Blair, Lesli,; Casey, Pamela,; Guastaferro, Wendy P.,; Harbinson, Erin,; Jaeger, Norma,; Koetzle, Deborah,; LaCourse, Ashleigh,; Latessa, Edward J.,; Leben, Steven,; Listwan, Shelley J.,; Listwan, Shelley Johnson,; Lovins, Brian,; Lutgen, Laura,; Lutze, Faith E.,; Lux, Jennifer,; Marlowe, Douglas,; Rottman, David,; Rudes, Danielle S.,; Senjo, Scott,; Sullivan, Carrie Coen,; Sullivan, Christopher,; Taxman, Faye S.,; Wormer, Jacqueline G. van,
• HerausgeberIn: Koetzle, Deborah,; Listwan, Shelley Johnson,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (227 p.)

Drug courts—a rare success story in the criminal justice system—are generally credited with reducing recidivism and providing a lower-cost alternative to incarceration. They have also spawned the development of other specialty courts. The authors of Drug Courts and the Criminal Justice System provid...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Tables and Figures
• Acknowledgments
• 1 The Drug Court Movement
• 2 The Development and Evolution of Drug Courts
• 3 The Theoretical Foundations of Drug Courts
• 4 Ethical and Legal Considerations
• 5 Juvenile Drug Courts
• 6 The Impact of the Judge
• 7 The Drug Court Team
• 8 The Importance of Evidence-Based Treatment
• 9 Implementation and Evaluation Challenges
• 10 The Effectiveness of the Drug Court Model
• 11 Where Do We Go from Here?
• References
• The Contributors
• Index
• About the Book