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New report on drug courts from The Sentencing Project

By Douglas A. Berman

I received news of an important new report on drug courts from The Sentencing Project.  Here is the text of the e-mail I received about the report: The Sentencing Project is pleased to announce the publication of a new report, Drug Courts: A Review of the Evidence, that assesses the impact of the drug court movement.  Since their introduction in 1989, drug courts have received a significant amount of attention by practitioners, policymakers, and the general public.  Originally conceived as an alternative to incarceration for persons convicted of low-level drug offenses, there are now more than 1,600 drug courts nationally, covering all 50 states.  Many of these programs have broadened their eligibility requirements to grant more individuals access to treatment rather than incarceration...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on April 02, 2009 (boomark / email).