“Without Drug Court, You’ll End Up in Prison or Dead”: Therapeutic Surveillance and Addiction Narratives in Treatment Court

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin Revier
Keyword(s):  
Drug Court ◽  
Treatment Court

scholarly journals The Family Framework in a Drug Treatment Court

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 237802311876146
Author(s):  
Daanika Gordon
Keyword(s):  
Drug Court ◽  
Therapeutic Strategies ◽  
Drug Courts ◽  
Institutional Practices ◽  
Predominately White ◽  
Program Selection ◽  
The Family ◽  
Ethnographic Observation ◽  
State Projects ◽  
Treatment Court

Drug courts reflect an expanding effort to transform the state’s response to drug crimes. Such programs merge punitive and therapeutic strategies in efforts to rehabilitate clients. The author takes the case of one drug court to elaborate on a set of institutional practices characterizing this mode of intervention. On the basis of ethnographic observation of the court’s weekly review hearings, interviews with program professionals, and analysis of documents and media accounts, the author describes the centrality of the “family framework”—the idea that clients are childlike and “grow up” in the context of the program—to the priorities, norms, and practices of drug court professionals. The family framework relied on raced and classed constructs of dependence and deservingness. These constructs shaped program selection and completion, enabling the court to focus on a predominately white and often middle-class client base. The author suggests that this case clarifies how state projects can both intensively regulate and circumscribe their scope to a population deemed worthy.

An Exploratory Study Examining Differences in Drug Court Graduation Rates for Black and White Women

2021 ◽  
pp. 009385482110223
Author(s):  
Anne Dannerbeck ◽  
Mansoo Yu
Keyword(s):  
Black Women ◽  
Drug Treatment ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
White Women ◽  
Drug Court ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Logistic Regression Models ◽  
Drug Treatment Court ◽  
Peer Associations ◽  
Treatment Court

This exploratory study examined factors potentially associated with graduation for White and Black female Drug Treatment Court participants. Multiple logistic regression models for predicting program graduation were employed using an administrative data set ( N = 1,093). Race was significant in a combined model. Age, prior felonies, employment, and negative peer associations predicted graduation for White women, whereas negative peer associations was the only predictor of graduation for Black women. Consideration of other factors that are not typically collected through administrative screenings is needed to better understand the strains typically experienced by Black women in Drug Treatment Court.

scholarly journals The Effects of Race and Ethnicity on Admission, Graduation, and Recidivism in the Milwaukee County Adult Drug Treatment Court

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 261
Author(s):  
Alyssa M. Sheeran ◽  
Amanda J. Heideman
Keyword(s):  
Race And Ethnicity ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Drug Court ◽  
Ethnic Disparities ◽  
Drug Courts ◽  
Milwaukee County ◽  
Drug Treatment Court ◽  
Prior Record ◽  
Treatment Court ◽  
Racial Ethnic

Drug courts play a key role in the criminal justice system by diverting individuals from incarceration and providing them with resources to address substance use issues and reduce criminal recidivism. However, it is unclear whether drug courts reflect—or even exacerbate—preexisting racial/ethnic disparities in the criminal justice system. While prior literature has offered some insight into the influence of race and ethnicity on drug court success, much of the focus has been on outcomes (i.e., program completion and recidivism) rather than disparities at earlier stages (i.e., referral to admittance). The current study adds to this body of research by evaluating the Milwaukee County Adult Drug Treatment Court to examine whether racial/ethnic disparities exist at several stages of the drug court process: (1) referral to admittance, (2) likelihood of graduation, and (3) likelihood of recidivism. Results of the analyses determined racial/ethnic disparities in the likelihood of admission to the drug court, as well as the likelihood of graduation. There were no racial/ethnic disparities found in the likelihood of recidivism. The analyses also identified several additional variables that were influential in the likelihood of admission (risk score, prior record), likelihood of graduation (age, prior record, custody sanctions), and recidivism (drug court outcome).

Engaging Marginalized Parties in Family Drug Court

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Phil Breitenbucher ◽  
Leonard Edwards ◽  
Fan Griffin
Keyword(s):  
Drug Court
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