People appearing in Australian drug courts often fall outside the parameters for other pre-court services Canada Drug treatment courts (DTCs) are a recent phenomenon in the Canadian...
After 20 years living in the chaos of drug addiction and crime, John Straightnose shares how Drug Treatment Court gave him the chance to change his life.
The Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Court (AODTC) is a specialist court in New Zealand which targets criminal offending driven by alcohol and drug addiction. There are three such specialised courts, in Auckland, Waitākere and Hamilton. Their purpose is to reduce the use of imprisonment b...
Overall, it is estimated that the current adult drug court treatment program produces about $2.21 in benefit for every $1 in costs, for a net benefit to society of about $624 million....
Access resources related to the specialized court docket program that targets cases with alcohol, other drug addiction and dependency problems.
There are two Drug Treatment Courts: Regina’s began operating in 2006 and Moose Jaw’s was established in 2009. An accused who has a substance abuse problem that played a role in their offending, who meets the eligibility criteria, and has successfully completed a one-month assessment, may enter the drug treatment court program. The accused must plead guilty to certain offence(s) upon being accepted into the program. These courts use a delayed sentencing model; the treatment program takes approximately one year and upon graduation from the p ...
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The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) has released the Juvenile Drug Treatment Court Guidelines.
NIJ Seeks Research Partner Sites for Veterans Treatment Court Evaluation NIJ seeks programs that are interested in participating in the NIJ Multisite Impact and Cost -Efficiency Evaluation of Veter...
Definitive guidance for treatment court practitioners ; All Rise is working diligently to complete the second edition of the newly renamed Adult Treatment Court Best Practice Standards. Standards I-VI, VIII, and X are available now, and Standards VII and IX will be released by the end of 2024. Please note the second edition is only available for digital download. Printed copies are not available. The second edition incorporates best practices discerned over the past decade in a range of adult tr...