source: National Drug Court Institute

This document contains the Drug Court Judicial Benchbook that provides Drug Court practitioner with the up to date research and evidence based practices of the field.

Topics: Drug Court, Drug Court Program Operations, Eligibility Criteria, Evaluation, Goals and Objectives, Graduation, History, Mission, Phase, Resources, Team, Team Roles and Responsibilities, Termination

This document evaluates the Buffalo Drug Treatment Court program.

Topics: Evaluation, Evidence-based Practices

This power point explains the importance of utilizing risk assessments within the Drug Court field to improve upon their practices and better their future outcomes.

Topics: Assessment, Evidence-based Practices, Recomendations

This sheet is used to help participants manage their phase requirements.

Topics: Phases

This is a fact sheet on the most effective ways to use incentives and sanctions in a drug treatment court.

Topics: Evidence-based Practices, Incentives, Sanction, Sanctions and Incentives

This document provides the six steps to improve drug court outcomes for individuals suffering from co-occurring disorders.

Topics: Mental Health, Mental Health Needs, Participants, Trauma, Treatment, Treatment Plans, Treatment Services

This is a Q&A created by the NDCI and composed of questions submitted by drug court practitioners associated with synthetic cannabinoids (Spice, K2, etc.) and the use of herbal incense products by clients in a problem-solving court environment.

Topics: Abuse, Drug, Drug Court

While drug courts impose negative sanctions upon clients in the hopes of changing their behavior, there is little research examining whether drug courts actually succeed in applying sanctions in accordance with accepted behavioral principles.

Topics: Drug Court

This fact sheet examines the use of extended-release naltrexone in the drug court field and some findings based on the scientific literature provided on the matter.

Topics: Drugs, Medication, Participants

This includes a list of case law relevant to drug court’s constitutionality issues.

Topics: Bibliography, Caselaw, Constitution