The impact of a mature drug court over 10 years of operation : recidivism and costs : final report / Michael W. Finigan, Shannon M. Carey, Anton Cox.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Finigan, Michael, author.

Carey, Shannon Magenis, author.

Cox, Anton, author.

Contributor:

Northwest Professional Consortium, issuing body.

National Criminal Justice Reference Service (U.S.), publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drug courts--Oregon--Portland--Evaluation.

Drug courts.

Drug courts--Oregon--Multnomah County--Evaluation.

Drug courts--Oregon--Multnomah County--Cost effectiveness.

Recidivism--Oregon--Portland--Prevention.

Recidivism.

Recidivism--Prevention.

Oregon--Multnomah County.

Oregon--Portland.

Genre:

Online resources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (iii, 88 pages) : color illustrations

Distribution:

Washington, D.C. : Office of Research and Evaluation, National Institute of Justice, NCJRS

Place of Publication:

Portland, OR : NPC Research, 2007.

Contents:

Executive summary

Introduction

Drug court background

Research design and methodology

Results

Answers to policy questions

Summary/Conclusion

References

Appendix A: Description of drug court and non-drug court processing

Appendix B: Adult drug court typology interview guide.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed on January 22, 2008).

"April 2007."

"Document No.: 219225"--Grant transmittal document

"Date received: July 2007"--Grant transmittal document

This document is a research report submitted to the U.S. Department of Justice.

"This study examined the impact of a single drug court on the total population of drug court-eligible offenders over a 10-year period in Portland, Oregon. This drug court, the Multnomah County Drug Court in Portland, Oregon, is the second oldest in the United States. The Program was originally designed to be a pre-plea offer to individuals arrested on drug charges. The program began accepting probationers and parolees (as well as pre plea clients) in 1995 and became a completely post-plea program in 2000. This study covers the period from program start in 1991 through 2001. ... The analysis of the data focused on both the overall impact of the drug court on the target population over time, variations over time on that impact, and external and internal conditions that influenced these outcomes. A cost analysis was conducted to assess the overall investment of taxpayer money in the court compared to its benefits."--Abstract

Includes bibliographical references (pages 55-56).

OCLC:

191213912