Title
Intervening With Youthful Substance Abusers: A Preliminary Analysis Of A Juvenile Drug Court
Abstract
Special drug courts have been established across the country in an effort to provide moreefficient treatment services to drug offenders and to alleviate case-processing difficulties. Although several evaluations have shown promising results for adult drug courts, the evidence on the effects of drug courts for juvenile defendants is scarce. This study analyzes the experiences of a southern juvenile drug court during its first fourteen months of operation. Our results reveal that client retention was comparable to that for adult drug courts, that the drug court was able to improve the participants’ overall level of social and psychological functioning, and that recidivism was significantly reduced and delayed for the program graduates compared to the youths who failed to complete the program. © 2000 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
Publication Date
1-1-2000
Publication Title
Justice System Journal
Volume
21
Issue
3
Number of Pages
281-300
Document Type
Article
Personal Identifier
scopus
DOI Link
https://doi.org/10.1080/23277556.2000.10871290
Copyright Status
Unknown
Socpus ID
23044521323 (Scopus)
Source API URL
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/23044521323
STARS Citation
Applegate, Brandon K. and Santana, Shannon, "Intervening With Youthful Substance Abusers: A Preliminary Analysis Of A Juvenile Drug Court" (2000). Scopus Export 2000s. 979.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/scopus2000/979