The early drug courts : case studies in judicial innovation / W. Clinton Terry, III, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Terry, W. Clinton.

Series:

Drugs, health, and social policy series ; 7.

Drugs, health, and social policy series ; 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drug courts--United States.

Drug courts.

United States.

Drug abuse--Treatment--Law and legislation--United States.

Drug abuse.

Drug abuse--Treatment--Law and legislation.

Physical Description:

xi, 191 : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, [1999]

Summary:

A natural companion to the recently published Drug Control and the Courts (SAGE 1996), this accessible volume focuses on five case studies in judicial innovation - the dedicated drug treatment courts in Miami, Oakland, Fort Lauderdale, Portland and Phoenix. Each case is presented in a chapter written by a local expert to describe and evaluate five prime examples of dedicated drug treatment courts. These chapters are written to a common outline and each discuss the following points: community demographics; structural organization of the court; court caseloads, including drug cases; successes and failures of initial goals and objectives and subsequent adaptations; and measures of long-term successes and failures.

Contents:

Judicial change and dedicated treatment courts : case studies in innovation / W. Clinton Terry, III

The origin of the treatment drug court in Miami / John S. Goldkamp

From treatment to justice in Oakland, California / Brooke Bedrick and Jerome H. Skolnick

Broward County's Dedicated Drug Treatment Court : from postadjudication to diversion / W. Clinton Terry, III

Diverting drug offenders to treatment courts : the Portland experience / Steven Belenko

Experimenting with the drug court model : implementation and change in Maricopa County, Arizona / Elizabeth Piper Deschenes and Rebecca D. Petersen

Challenges for research and innovation : when is a drug court not a drug court? / John Goldkamp.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0761907238

0761907246

OCLC:

39257143