Drug courts and arrest for substance possession: was the African American community differentially impacted?

Although drug courts were intended to reduce the justice system involvement of drug offenders, a recent study found evidence that drug courts were associated with increased (rather than decreased) arrests for minor misdemeanor drug offenses. The author of that study noted that findings raised furthe...

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Main Author: Lilley, David R. (Author)
Contributors: DeVall, Kristen E. ; Tucker-Gail, Kasey
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2019
In: Crime & delinquency
Year: 2019, Volume: 65, Issue: 3, Pages: 352-374
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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Keywords:
Arrest
Drogengebrauch
Drogengericht
Drug court
Policy
Race
Substance use