scholarly journals Drug Treatment Accessed through the Criminal Justice System: Participants’ Perspectives and Uses

2018 ◽  
Vol 96 (3) ◽  
pp. 390-399
Author(s):  
Alana Rosenberg ◽  
Robert Heimer ◽  
Danya E. Keene ◽  
Allison K. Groves ◽  
Kim M. Blankenship
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Drug Treatment ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Justice System

Drug treatment in the criminal justice system: Lessons learned from offenders on DTTOs

2007 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 333-345 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charlotte L. Powell ◽  
Deborah Bamber ◽  
Marilyn M. Christie
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Drug Treatment ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Lessons Learned

Drug Treatment in the Criminal Justice System: The Current State of Knowledge

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel P. Mears ◽  
Laura Winterfield ◽  
John Hunsaker ◽  
Gretchen E. Moore ◽  
Ruth M. White
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Drug Treatment ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Current State

scholarly journals Give Them a Chance: Public Attitudes to Sentencing Young Offenders in Western Australia

Youth Justice ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 169-187
Author(s):  
Suzanne Ellis ◽  
Natalie Gately ◽  
Shane Rogers ◽  
Andrée Horrigan
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Young People ◽  
Drug Treatment ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Public Attitudes ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
The Public ◽  
Prior Record

Public opinion is often reported as punitive towards sentencing young people. Attitudes remain important to investigate given their potential to influence policy within the criminal justice system. Therefore, it is important to understand the formation of these attitudes and their consistency with sentencing principles. Semi-structured interviews ( n = 72) and surveys ( n = 502) were used to gauge opinions of sentencing young people under different scenario manipulations (age, weapon, drug treatment, prior record). The findings revealed the public expected punishment, but favoured rehabilitation with an opportunity to repent, suggesting the public are open to alternatives to ‘tough on crime’ approaches.

Drug treatment outcomes in the criminal justice system: What non-self-report measures of outcome can tell us

2010 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 148-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charlotte Powell ◽  
Marilyn Christie ◽  
John Bankart ◽  
Deborah Bamber ◽  
Ira Unell
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Drug Treatment ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Treatment Outcomes ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Drug Treatment Outcomes

Trafficking in Meth: An Analysis of the Differences between Male and Female Dealers

2005 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott R. Senjo
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Drug Treatment ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Graduate School ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Drug Dealing ◽  
Criminal Records ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Time Period

Male and female meth dealers exhibit numerous common characteristics and patterns. For example, both can be relatively heavy users and both have similar (long) criminal records. However, both groups show important distinctions in their drug dealing patterns. This exploratory study compares 34 male and 26 female meth dealers ( N = 60) who were involved in the same criminal justice system of a single western state during the same time period. Among other things, the findings indicate that male dealers treat their trafficking activities more like a business, have more customers, make more money, and are more likely prepared for violence while dealing than females. In contrast, female dealers have more education, including graduate school, have been arrested less often and are more willing to try drug treatment than male dealers.

scholarly journals Proposition 47

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 94-97
Author(s):  
Marisa Arrona
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Drug Treatment ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Crime Prevention ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Recidivism Rate ◽  
New Era

Between 1981 and 2011, the amount of money California spent on prisons increased by more than 1,500 percent, the state’s investment in crime prevention programs like drug treatment and mental health services was sharply curtailed, and California’s recidivism rate spiked to nearly 70 percent. It’s increasingly clear that our criminal justice system, predicated on an outdated “lock ‘em up and throw away the key” mentality has failed. But the passage of Proposition 47 in 2014 is helping move the state into a new era of criminal justice, with an emphasis on prevention and second chances instead of punishment.

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