Drug Courts in Operation: Current Research

Examine an innovative strategy for fighting the war on drugs!Drug Courts in Operation: Current Research provides an in-depth look at an increasingly utilized approach to rehabilitating substance abusers. Drug courts offer their participants a chance to better themselves by providing support and structure to those that do not have it in their life, offering substance abusers a chance to participate in rehabilitation in lieu of incarceration. This insightful book examines the history of drug courts as a principal treatment alternative to incarceration, outlines the risk factors of children living with drug-addicted parents, and introduces a program to help strengthen families.The book delivers vital information on:

• introducing programs to help prevent narcotic use by children with drug-addicted parents
• the need for cultural- and gender-specific treatment plans, especially in the treatment of women and African-American males
• treatment dosage effects
• the importance of length of participation to outcomes
• focus groups designed to help drug court participants with their employment needs
• predictors of engagement in court-mandated treatment programs
• how legal coercion of high-risk patients via the threat of incarceration motivates participants to succeed

James J. Hennessy, PhD, is Professor and former Chairperson for the Division of Psychological and Educational Services, Graduate School of Education, Fordham University. His publications include Criminal Behavior: A Process Psychology Analysis, Fraud and Fallible Judgment: Varieties of Deception in the Social and Behavioral Sciences, and Tinder-Box Criminal Aggression: Neuropsychology, Demography, Phenomenology.