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Assessing the Effects of the Drug Court Intervention on Offender Criminal Trajectories: A Research Note

¹ University of Wyoming
² University of California, Irvine

^* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: check{at}uwyo.edu.

	Abstract

Using a combination of NCIC and local police data from Wyoming, this study focuses on the short-term effects of the drug court intervention on offender criminal trajectories. Wyoming’s drug courts operate in a manner consistent with most drug courts around the nation by focusing on offender supervision, judicial oversight, frequent and random drug testing, and intensive substance abuse treatment. The results of this outcome analysis suggest dramatic reductions in criminal offending both during the drug court program and for the year immediately following the program participation.

First published on December 5, 2008, doi:10.1177/0887403408327378

Criminal Justice Policy Review 2009;20:236.

A more recent version of this article appeared on June 1, 2009


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