RT Article
T1 Today was not a good day: offender accounts of the incidents that led to their admission to drug court
JF Criminal justice studies
VO 31
IS 4
SP 388
OP 401
A1 Griffin, O. Hayden
A1 Copes, Heith 1970-
A1 Dantzler, John Andrew
A1 Griffin, Vanessa Woodard
A2 Copes, Heith 1970-
A2 Dantzler, John Andrew
A2 Griffin, Vanessa Woodard
LA English
YR 2018
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1733104852
AB One method that has been touted to help end mass incarceration is using intermediate sanctions. While intermediate sanctions often present as attractive options, there is evidence that as practiced, these sanctions often result in net widening. One of the most common forms of intermediate sanctions are drug courts, which are often viewed as progressive alternatives to locking up people with substance abuse problems. However, along with the dangers of net widening, scholars have shown that many people admitted to drug courts do not seem to have substance abuse problems and could benefit from lesser criminal justice interventions. In the current study, we analyzed intake data from a drug court to determine: (1) what charge(s) drug participants had and (2) how they became involved with the criminal justice system. Among important findings were that a large number of drug court participants were arrested for the possession of one drug only (often marijuana) and that more than half of participants came to the attention of the criminal justice system through a traffic stop rather than through repeated encounters with the criminal justice system.
K1 Drug Policy
K1 Alternative sanctions
K1 Drug Courts
DO 10.1080/1478601X.2018.1516215