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ADC Phase I Resources: Section 2

Target Population for Adult Drug Courts

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Targeting the Right Participants for Adult Drug Court

Topics: Dr. Marlowe, Drug Court participant demographics, selection, qualifications, criteria

Description: Making inclusion criteria rational and supported by evidence based practices

Resource Type: Fact Sheet

Length: 12 pages

Agency/Author: National Drug Court Institute

Year Published: 2012

Alternative Tracks in Adult Drug Court: Matching Your Program to the Needs of Your Clients

Topics: Dr. Marlowe, non-high-risk, high-need participants, designing alternative tracks, avoiding incarceration

Description: Drug Court participant demographics, selection, qualifications, criteria – and why we should not bring people who are not high/risk high/need into a drug court. Meta-analysis shows greater effect on high level offenders and not low level offenders.

Resource Type: Webinar

Length: 1 hour 6 minutes

Agency/Author: National Drug Court Institute

Year Published: 2012

Drug Court Population & Admission Standards, Best Practices, Promising Practices

Topics: Screening, admission factors, program entry

Description: This PowerPoint covers the best practices and standards for admitting participants into a problem-solving court, provides general guidelines for program admission thresholds, prognostic risks, criminogenic needs and other practice considerations for this key component.