A Quantitative Study of a Drug Treatment Court in a Western Canadian City: Post-sentencing and Reoffence Outcomes

Drug treatment courts (DTCs) have been proposed as an alternative to custody that will better deal with drug-dependent offenders through application of therapeutic jurisprudence (TJ). While DTC proponents emphasize the positive aspects of the judicial involvement and intense treatment that most cour...

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Main Author: Weinrath, Michael (Author)
Contributors: Gorkoff, Kelly ; Watts, Joshua
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2019
In: Canadian journal of criminology and criminal justice
Year: 2019, Volume: 61, Issue: 4, Pages: 45-68
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Keywords:
Canadian literature
Courts of special jurisdiction
Curfews
Drug Courts
Drug Treatment Courts
Drug dependent
Grassland conservation
Problem-solving courts
Recidivism
Substance Abuse
propensity score matching
quantitative research