Ada County (Idaho) Drug Court
Problems addressed
Recidivism
Effectiveness

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Promising

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Life periods served
Teenagers (14 to 17 years)
Adults (18 to 59 years)
Where the program was applied
Courts of justice
Residential - Mental health or therapeutic community services
Country of application
United States
Description

This is an outpatient treatment program based on the case management model for adults who have committed drug-related offenses. The goals are to increase offender accountability, reduce the likelihood of recidivism, and reduce drug dependency.
Under the supervision of the drug court, treatment is conducted for at least one year, through individual and group therapy, educational services, skills assessment, vocational training, and reintegration into the job market.

Impact evaluations

Impact evaluation studies showed that program participants were significantly less likely to reoffend.
Both studies had a quasi-experimental design; the first evaluated a sample of 171 women incarcerated on drug-related charges, and the second evaluated data on high-risk offenders [1] [2].

Bibliographic reference

[1] Shaffer, D. K., Hartman, J. L. & Listwan, S. J. (2009). Drug Abusing Women in the Community: The Impact of Drug Court Involvement on Recidivism. Journal of Drug Issues, 39(4), 803–827. https://doi.org/10.1177/002204260903900402

[2] Koetzle, D., Listwan, S. J., Guastaferro, W. P., & Kobus, K. (2015). Treating high-risk offenders in the community: The potential of drug courts. International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology, 59(5), 449-465.

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