Therapeutic justice and addicted parents : a family treatment court evaluation / Heidee McMillin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McMillin, Heidee, 1964-

Series:

Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)

Criminal justice. Recent scholarship

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Domestic relations courts--United States.

Domestic relations courts.

Drug courts--United States.

Drug courts.

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

Drug abuse.

Drug abuse--United States--Prevention.

Drug addicts--Rehabilitation--United States.

Drug addicts.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (220 p.)

Place of Publication:

El Paso : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

McMillan provides insight into the treatment team processes and parent/family outcomes for a family treatment court. She examines therapeutic justice through the lens of Sampson and Laub's Life Course theory. This study found that family treatment can serve as a structural turning point that intersects with a life trajectory spiraling down into more severe and destructive drug use, and redirect parents' life trajectory towards sobriety and family reunification. The research revealed that 86% of graduates were reunited with their children, versus 22% of the comparison group.

Contents:

Introduction

The drug court movement

Parental addiction and recovery : the life course theory

Whose family is it?

Issues for the children of drug abusing parents

Issues for parents in dependency due to drug use

Administrative issues in recovery

Anatomy of a family treatment court

Client characteristics

Family treatment court program characteristics

Family treatment court outcomes

Family treatment court program issues

Conclusions and implications

Washington state statutes.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781593325879

1593325878

OCLC:

794492463