If Drug Treatment Works So Well, Why Are So Many Drug Users in Prison? / Harold Pollack, Peter Reuter, Eric L. Sevigny.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pollack, Harold.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Reuter, Peter.

Sevigny, Eric L.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w16731.

NBER working paper series no. w16731

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2011.

Summary:

This paper examines the effectiveness of drug courts to reduce the size of the incarcerated drug-offending population using data from the Survey of Inmates in State Correctional Facilities and the Survey of Inmates in Local Jails. We find that very few of those entering state prison in 2004 or jail in 2002 would have been eligible for drug diversion through state drug courts. The policy implication is that drug courts and other diversion programs require substantial redesign if they are to contribute to a reduction in the incarcerated population.

Notes:

Print version record

January 2011.