SynthesisThe International journal on drug policy2021
Reporting of substance use treatment quality in United States adult drug courts.
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- Perspectives on collaboration between drug courts and MOUD providers: Impact of interagency implementation strategies.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2026Article
- Differences in Risk of Substance Use Disorder between Age Groups among Adults with Lifetime Criminal Legal Involvement in the U.S.Journal of health care for the poor and underserved · 2026Article
- "They won't prosecute, but they will though:" the continuing struggle between criminalization and harm reduction within the criminal justice system in the context of an opioid overdose crisis.Harm reduction journal · 2025Article
- Effectiveness of substance use disorder treatment as an alternative to imprisonment.BMC psychiatry · 2024Article
- A longitudinal analysis of PTSD and other mental health symptoms among people sentenced to drug treatment court.Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy · 2023Article
- Assessing the effectiveness of problem-solving courts on the reduction of overdose deaths in the United States: A difference-in-difference study.Drug and alcohol dependence reports · 2022Article
- Association Between Social Adaptability Index Score and Lifetime Criminal Legal Involvement in U.S. Adults.Health equity · 2022Article
- Association Between Lifetime Criminal Justice Involvement and Substance Use Disorders in U.S. Adults with Diabetes.Health equity · 2022Article
- Barriers to drug treatment in police diversion programs and drug courts: A qualitative analysis.The American journal of orthopsychiatry · 2022Article
- Therapeutic Approaches to Opioid Use Disorder: What is the Current Standard of Care?International journal of general medicine · 2021Review
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Abstract
backgroundAdult drug courts are growing in popularity within the Unites States, but the quality of substance use treatment within drug court programs and the impact of drug courts on health and substance use treatment outcomes is largely unknown. We appraised the quality of United States adult drug court process evaluations and the inclusion of measures of substance use treatment quality.
methodsWe systematically reviewed the adult drug court evaluations between 2008 and 2018 in accordance with recommended strategies for systematic gray literature search. We appraised evaluation quality using the Evidence for Policy and Practice Information and Coordination Center tool for process evaluations. We extracted recommended measures of substance use treatment quality, including measures related to screening and monitoring, diagnosis, service availability, service utilization, and outcomes.
resultsOur search identified 112 evaluations. Process measures were included within 68 evaluations, 45% of which had poor data reliability. We found that less than 10% of evaluations reported substance use treatment quality measures related to service utilization, overdose, and mortality, while more than 75% contained criminal justice measures, including program graduation (completion of criminal justice proceedings) and participant recidivism.
conclusionsWe found low uptake of measures of substance use treatment quality. The absence of data call into question the ability of drug courts to stem harmful substance use related health outcomes.
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