11 November 2003

It appears that Drug Courts work: "the rearrest rate among drug offenders who had completed a court-monitored treatment plan was 29 percent lower over three years than the rate for the same type of drug offenders who opt for prison time without treatment." -- Graphic Here --

While I think Drug Court is a good program - better by far than most - I wonder about these statistics. Personally I suspect they are somewhat skewed by self-selectors who choose to do some jail/prison time rather than going into the program. Still, the study does point to a good trend and I don't think self-selectors could skew the results that much.

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