Citation

Harrell A, Mitchell O, Hirst A, Marlowe D, Merrill J. Criminol. Public Policy 2002; 1(2): 189-216.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2002, American Society of Criminology, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/j.1745-9133.2002.tb00086.x

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Research Summary: We compared 137 felony defendants arrested before the implementation of Breaking the Cycle, a pretrial intervention with felony defendants that included drug testing, supervision, and drug treatment as needed, to 245 BTC participants. We found Significant lower rates of arrest and self-reported drug use and crime among BTC participants during the next year. Policy Implications: Systematic intervention aimed at all drug-involved felony defendants, not just selected defendants, is effective, but may encounter substantial challenges in achieving collaboration across criminal justice agencies, services providers, and levels/branches of government.

Language: en