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Overreliance on Drug Courts Comes at Too High a Cost

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Overreliance on Drug Courts Comes at Too High a Cost Justice Policy Institute March 22, 2011 Full Report: http://www.justicepolicy.org/uploads/justicepolicy/documents/addicted_to_courts_final.pdf Report finds alternatives to drug courts can be more cost-effective and provide greater public safety benefits WASHINGTON, DC ? America?s growing reliance on drug courts is an ineffective allocation of scarce state resources, according to a new report by the Justice Policy Institute (JPI). Drug courts can needlessly widen the net of criminal justice involvement, and cannot replace the need for improved treatment services in the community. Of the nearly 8 million people in the U.S. reporting needing treatment for drug use, less than one fourth of people classified with substance abuse or a dependence on drugs and/or alcohol receives treatment, and for those who do receive treatment, over 37 percent are referred by the criminal justice system...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on March 23, 2011 (boomark / email).