RT Article
T1 How Drug Treatment Courts Work : An Analysis of Mediators
JF Journal of research in crime and delinquency
VO 44
IS 1
SP 3
OP 35
A2 Najaka, Stacy Brooke
A2 Rocha, Carlos M.
A2 Kearley, Brook W.
LA English
YR 2007
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1640351140
AB This study examines program elements related to reductions in drug use and crime among Drug Treatment Courts DTC participants as well as theoretical mechanisms - increased social controls and improved perceptions of procedural justice - expected to mediate the effects of DTC on these outcomes. Data are from 157 research participants interviewed three years following randomization into treatment and control conditions in the evaluation of the Baltimore City DTC. Findings indicate that perceptions of procedural justice reduce crime and that social controls reduce drug use. Hearings attended, drug testing, and drug treatment reduce drug use. Participation in the DTC increases the number of judicial hearings attended, which directly reduces drug use and indirectly reduces crime by increasing perceptions of procedural justice. Participation in the DTC increases social controls both directly and indirectly by increasing the duration of drug treatment. These increased perceptions of social control reduce drug use. Implications for DTC's are discussed. ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR
K1 Drogengerichte
K1 Kriminalität
K1 Drogenkonsum
K1 Auswirkungen
K1 Verfahrensgerechtigkeit
K1 Soziale Kontrolle