Working Together to Deliver “What Works”: Examining One Drug Court’s Implementation of Evidence-Based Practices

• In Event: The Practices and Strategies of Treatment and Community-based Corrections Personnel

Abstract

A wealth of research supports the use of the principles of Risk-Need-Responsivity (RNR; Andrews and Bonta, 2010) and Core Correctional Practices (CCP; Dowden & Andrews, 2004) to reduce offender recidivism. The application of these principles within the drug court framework, however, is largely unknown. The present study seeks to address this knowledge gap by examining the extent to which a drug court in an urban Midwest city adheres to RNR and CCP principles and collaborates with community treatment and social service providers. In-depth structured interviews with court and treatment personnel and drug court clients were used to administer and score the evidence-based Correctional Program Checklist (CPC; Latessa, 2012) and examine inter-agency communication and collaboration. This presentation will report results from the CPC and a synthesis of qualitative interview data for emerging themes relevant to the drug court’s application of evidence-based practices in offender management and treatment.

Authors

• Alison Joan Farringer, University of Cincinnati

• Stephanie Duriez, University of Cincinnati

• Carrie Sullivan, University of Cincinnati

• Sarah Manchak, University of Cincinnati