This paper examines the effectiveness of drug treatment courts. In the past, there are many ways in which drug treatment courts are scrutinized. For purposes of this paper, the effectiveness of drug treatment courts will be evaluated through rates of recidivism. This paper describes the drug court model and how it differs from traditional courts. It will take a look at the history of drug treatment courts detailing how they became a part of the United States of America’s criminal justice system today. The paper will discuss any pros and cons of these problem-solving courts known as drug treatment courts. Within this paper several studies based around drug treatment courts will be examined. The research gathered here came from Hamilton County
