DRUG COURT AND PROBATION RECIDIVISM RATES COMPARING THE 2013, 2016, AND 2019 PROGRAM EVALUATIONS

DRUG COURT AND PROBATION RECIDIVISM RATES COMPARING THE 2013, 2016, AND 2019 PROGRAM EVALUATIONS

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Drug courts are an alternative to incarceration for individuals who have substance use disorders and have been arrested for drug-related crimes (e.g. possession of a controlled substance). The first drug court began in 1989 in Florida and it is estimated that there are over 3,000 drug courts now operating throughout the United States. This communit...