Examining Perceived Coercion in Drug Treatment Courts

While perceptions of voluntary consent have been studied among participants in Mental Health Courts (MHC), little is known about coercion among participants in Drug Treatment Courts (DTC), the most common type of specialty court. The purpose of the present study was to examine perceptions of coercio...

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Authors: Bruzios, Kathryn E. (Author) ; Shaffer, Paige M. (Author) ; Byrne, Thomas (Author) ; Pinals, Debra A. (Author) ; Trojano, Max (Author) ; Pressman, Karen (Author) ; Smelson, David (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2023
In: International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology
Year: 2023, Volume: 67, Issue: 1, Pages: 53-65
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Keywords:
confirmatory factor analysis (CFA)
exploratory factor analysis (EFA)
Scale validation
Teamwork
vocational training
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Summary:While perceptions of voluntary consent have been studied among participants in Mental Health Courts (MHC), little is known about coercion among participants in Drug Treatment Courts (DTC), the most common type of specialty court. The purpose of the present study was to examine perceptions of coercion at enrollment among participants (N = 85) in two Massachusetts DTCs. Results indicated that, on average, participants reported low levels of perceived coercion (M = 1.67, SD = 1.23), which suggests that most individuals did not perceive their decision to enroll in DTC to be coercive. However, further research is needed to delineate whether clinical or procedural variations exist within DTCs, if levels of perceived coercion predict DTC participant outcomes, and if subpopulations experience higher or lower levels of coercion.
ISSN:1552-6933
DOI:10.1177/0306624X221102838