NDLI: Juvenile drug court effects on recidivism and drug use: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Author	Tanner Smith, Emily E. Lipsey, Mark W. Wilson, David B.
Copyright Year	2016
Abstract	To conduct a meta-analysis of the effects of juvenile drug courts on general recidivism, drug recidivism, and drug use, and to explore variability in effects across characteristics of the drug courts and juvenile participants.We conducted a comprehensive literature search to identify randomized and controlled quasi-experimental studies that reported the effects of juvenile drug courts in the United States. Random-effects meta-analysis models were used to estimate mean odds ratio effect sizes, and meta-regression models were used to explore variability in effects.The literature search yielded 46 eligible evaluation studies. The meta-analysis found that, overall, juvenile drug courts were no more or less effective than traditional court processing, with mean effects sizes that were not statistically significant for general recidivism, drug recidivism, or drug use. There was statistically significant heterogeneity in those effect sizes, but none of the drug court or participant characteristics coded from the study reports were associated with that variability. However, the juvenile drug court evaluations were generally of poor methodological quality, with very few studies employing random assignment and many instances of substantial baseline differences between drug court and comparison groups.Juvenile drug courts were not found to be categorically more or less effective than traditional court processing for reducing recidivism or drug use. The great variability in effects, nonetheless, suggests that there may be effective drug courts, but no distinctive characteristics of the more effective courts could be identified from the descriptive information provided in the generally low quality research studies currently available.
Starting Page	477
Ending Page	513
Page Count	37
File Format	PDF
ISSN	15733750
Journal	Journal of Experimental Criminology
Volume Number	12
Issue Number	4
e-ISSN	15728315
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2016-10-01
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Drug courts Juveniles Meta-analysis Recidivism Substance use Criminology and Criminal Justice Political Science Social Sciences
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Law

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