Noncompleting Drug Court Clients: A Qualitative Assessment Of Harm Reduction Effects

Keywords

drug court benefits of noncompleters; drug court effectiveness; drug court outcomes; harm reduction effects; time in drug court

Abstract

Most drug court program evaluations focus on successful clients. The purpose of this study was to understand how partial exposure to drug court affected clients who failed to complete the program. Those that participated at least 30 days (N = 30) were interviewed. A medical as-treated design and a harm reduction paradigm were used as frameworks to determine effects. Moderate harm reduction results were found with non-completers. Examining clients who fail to complete drug court is critical to understanding the full efficacy of the therapeutic jurisprudence model.

Publication Date

1-1-2015

Publication Title

Journal of Groups in Addiction and Recovery

Volume

10

Issue

2

Number of Pages

163-189

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1080/1556035X.2015.1034822

Socpus ID

84931031482 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84931031482

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