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Notable NY Times piece on drug courts

By Douglas A. Berman

The drug court movement continues to be getting a lot of good attention these days, and this article in the New York Times should further help the movement.  The article is headlined "Courts Give Addicts a Chance to Straighten Out," and here are some extended excerpts: In Seattle, as in drug courts across the country, the stern face of criminal justice is being redrawn, and emotions are often on the surface. Experts say drug courts have been the country?s fastest-spreading innovation in criminal justice, giving arrested addicts a chance to avoid prison by agreeing to stringent oversight and addiction treatment.  Recent studies show drug courts are one of the few initiatives that reduce recidivism ? on average by 8 percent to 10 percent nationally and as high as 26 percent in New York State ? and save taxpayer money...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on October 15, 2008 (boomark / email).