Specialized Drug Court Participation Across Offender Subtypes

• In Event: Poster Session I

Abstract

Over the last few decades, specialized courts have received an increasing amount of attention. The existing literature mostly supports drug courts and demonstrates their effectiveness in reducing recidivism and substance abuse, more generally (Belenko, 1998, 1999, 2001; Bouffard & Richardson, 2007; Gottfredson, Najaka, & Kearly, 2003). Whether the drug court model “works” across offender subgroups remains an open empirical question. The current study uses data originally collected by Rossman and colleagues (2003-2009) for the Multi-Site Adult Drug Court Evaluation (MADCE) to examine the effectiveness of drug court participation among unique offender subgroups.

Author

• Shayla Fordyce, Arizona State University