Predicting nonresponse to juvenile drug court interventions

Juvenile Drug Court Programs

This Bulletin is part of OJJDP’s Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grants (JAIBG) Best Practices Series. The basic premise underlying the JAIBG program, initially funded in fiscal year 1998, is that young people who violate the law need to be held accountable for their offenses if society is to improve the quality of life in the Nation’s communities. Holding a juvenile offender “accountab...

Measuring Recidivism in a Juvenile Drug Court: Systematic Outcome Study of a Juvenile Drug Court Using Historical Information

ABSTRACT A number of unpublished technical reports claim that drug courts have been more successful than other forms of community supervision in closely supervising drug offenders in the community through frequent monitoring and close supervision, including mandatory frequent drug testing, placing and retaining drug offenders in treatment programs, providing treatment and related services to of...

Juvenile drug court: enhancing outcomes by integrating evidence-based treatments.

Evaluated the effectiveness of juvenile drug court for 161 juvenile offenders meeting diagnostic criteria for substance abuse or dependence and determined whether the integration of evidence-based practices enhanced the outcomes of juvenile drug court. Over a 1-year period, a four-condition randomized design evaluated outcomes for family court with usual community services, drug court with usua...

A Guide to Juvenile Court Law

Drug Court Interventions and the Role of Physical Fitness

Current scientific and clinical research has shown that drug use creates temporary and long-term physiological changes within the brain. Furthermore, by stimulating beta-endorphins, dopamine, and serotonin neurotransmitters, exercise may induce the release of natural anti-addiction medications and alter the physiological effects of long-term drug use. This study examines the psychological and p...