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

Lilley, David R.; DeVall, Kristen E.; Tucker-Gail, Kasey

doi:10.1177/0011128718789856

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...