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New JPI report expressing concerns about drug courts and net widening

By Douglas A. Berman

This past week the Justice Policy Institute released this really interesting new report concerning drug court. The report is titled "Addicted to Courts: How a Growing Dependence on Drug Courts Impacts People and Communities," and here is how JPI describes its themes on this report webpage: America?s growing reliance on drug courts is an ineffective allocation of scarce state resources.  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 Sentencing Law and Policy on March 26, 2011 (boomark / email).