Female Drug Offenders Reflect on their Experiences with a County Drug Court Program

Violent Offenders in Drug Court

Drug courts are slowly beginning to expand their admission criteria to include more chronic and serious offenders since traditional probation and incarceration have failed to prevent drug use and crime. Drug courts have moved from providing diversion programs for first-time offenders charged with drug possession to developing tracks for more complex clients. Many of these new drug court partici...

Drug Dependence Treatment Awareness among Japanese Female Stimulant Drug Offenders

Few stimulant drug users receive adequate treatment. This cross-sectional study describes the characteristics of female drug offenders that use stimulants and clarifies the factors related to the awareness of treatment for drug dependencies. We included 80 females imprisoned due to stimulant control law violations from 2012 to 2015. The characteristics of the female prisoners were stratified ac...

Experiences of Drug Dependent Fathers in Relation with Their Children: A Qualitative Study

Background: The effects of substance abusing on children of all ages has been considered. The major problem of these children is the inability of their parents to implement their parental tasks and duties. In Iran, addressing the issue of substance abuse has a history of several decades. Identifying the experiences of these individuals about relating to their children is important in effective ...

Cost/Benefit Analysis of the Douglas County Drug Court

Outcome Evaluation of Salt Lake County ’ s Felony Drug Court Program