@article{ref1,
title="Impact of juvenile drug courts on drug use and criminal behavior",
journal="Journal of juvenile justice",
year="2011",
author="Hickert, Audrey and Becker, Erin and Prospero, Moises and Moleni, Kristina",
volume="1",
number="1",
pages="60-77",
abstract="Juvenile drug courts (JDC) have borrowed the philosophy and models of adult drug courts but the success of JDCs in reducing drug use and criminal behavior has been mixed. This study compared JDC youth with youth receiving standard probation on alcohol and other drug (AOD) and delinquency/criminal re-offending at three through 30 months post-exit from the JDC program or probation. This quasi-experimental study tested JDC effectiveness by examining re-arrests for AOD and criminal offenses 30 months post-intervention and into adulthood. Participants included youth who participated in either JDC (n = 622) or probation only (n = 596) between the years 2003 and 2007. JDC and probation youth did not significantly differ at any of the follow-up time intervals on AOD offending. On the other hand, JDC youth had statistically significantly fewer delinquency/criminal offenses than probationers at all follow-up points, with the difference between the groups getting larger with longer follow-up periods. Implications for practice, policy, and future research with JDC are discussed. Keywords: drug courts, recidivism, delinquency, drug use, probation, juvenile justice<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2153-8026",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}