@article{ref1,
title="Breaking the cycle of drugs and crime: findings from the birmingham BTC demonstration",
journal="Criminology and public policy",
year="2002",
author="Harrell, Adele and Mitchell, Ojmarrh and Hirst, Alexa and Marlowe, Douglas and Merrill, Jeffrey",
volume="1",
number="2",
pages="189-216",
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.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1538-6473",
doi="10.1111/j.1745-9133.2002.tb00086.x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-9133.2002.tb00086.x"
}