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Re: family drug courts

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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear Todd,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I work in the area of drug court evaluation, but 
mostly have focused on adult and juvenile drug courts.&nbsp; For adult criminal 
drug courts there appears to be an emerging consensus that these courts do 
reduce criminal recidivism compared to traditional adjudication.&nbsp; However, 
the research on family drug courts is much more limited, and although I'm not 
current with that literature, I suspect there still is not solid evidence on the 
effectiveness of these courts, particularly with respect to dependency 
outcomes.&nbsp; For the one dependency drug court we have evaluated there was 
mixed results:&nbsp; Although there were significantly fewer TPR's over an 
18-month period for the drug court parents, there were also significantly more 
open, unresolved&nbsp;cases at 18 months.&nbsp; A good place to find more 
information about&nbsp;drug court evaluation&nbsp;is the publication the 
<EM>Drug Court Review</EM>, published by the National Drug Court Institute <A 
href="http://www.ndci.org";>www.ndci.org</A>&nbsp;.&nbsp; I know there was a 
national multi-site study of dependency drug courts being planned as of a couple 
of years ago--perhaps others on the list know what became of that?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yours,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Deborah Feldman<BR>Research and Analysis<BR>5732 
17th Ave. NE<BR>Seattle, WA 98105<BR>Phone: (206) 729-2488<BR>Fax: 
1-877-903-6513<BR>e-mail: <A 
href="mailto:dfeld@seanet.com";>dfeld@seanet.com</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
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  <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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  style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> 
  <A title=tmac5528@yahoo.com href="mailto:tmac5528@yahoo.com";>Todd McDonald</A> 
  </DIV>
  <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A 
  title=child-maltreatment-research-l@cornell.edu 
  href="mailto:child-maltreatment-research-l@cornell.edu";>child-maltreatment-research-l@cornell.edu</A> 
  </DIV>
  <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, April 11, 2007 12:00 
  PM</DIV>
  <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> family drug courts</DIV>
  <DIV><BR></DIV>
  <DIV>I was asked by our judge if family drug courts work.&nbsp; I don't know 
  the answer but I thought someone on this list might point me towards an 
  evaluation.</DIV>
  <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
  <DIV>Todd<BR><BR></DIV>
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