The first article is written by Candace McCoy (2010) called “Do Drug Courts Work? For What, Compared to What? Qualitative Results from a Natural Experiment” and the second article is called “The impact of adult drug courts on crime and incarceration: findings from a multi-site quasi-experimental design” by Michael Rempel, Mia Green, and Dana Kralstein in 2012. In addition, the last article is by Christopher J. Sullivan and Zachary K. Hamilton (2007) called “exploring careers in deviance: a joint trajectory analysis of criminal behavior and substance use in an offender population” from the Taylor & Francis Group.
Summary
McCoy (2010) examines drug addicts that were sentenced to treatment by drug courts, particularly 25 people from three groups …show more content…
McCoy (2010) demonstrates that drug courts was established to prevent drug-related crime, help individuals get off using drugs, and help addicts become normal United States citizens.
Rempel, Green and Kralstein (2012) argues “[…] their potential to reduce incarceration lies in their impact on recidivism, leading to fewer future cases on which long periods of incarceration might otherwise have been imposed” (Rempel, Green and Kralstein, 2012, p.190). Rempel, Green and Kralstein (2012) demonstrated that the drug court intervention should not be considered for an alternative to incarceration, right away because this based on their findings, more research needs to be conducted to further provide evidence.
Sullivan and Hamilton (2007) argues “[…] that although slight increases in substance use prevalence may not precipitate immediate changes in criminal behavior it may induce later increases in crime” (Sullivan and Hamilton, 2007, p.514). Sullivan and Hamilton (2007) demonstrates that there tends to be a gradual decline in criminal behavior leading to a decrease in substance …show more content…
Additionally, a research question that can open up future areas of inquiry is to see if utilizing a partnership for drug courts such as community treatment programs it would have more of an impact on substance use? Lastly, it does open the topic that if the United States were to allow drug users to choice a treatment program that best fits them, would it help the volume of cases in criminal justice
Summary
McCoy (2010) examines drug addicts that were sentenced to treatment by drug courts, particularly 25 people from three groups …show more content…
McCoy (2010) demonstrates that drug courts was established to prevent drug-related crime, help individuals get off using drugs, and help addicts become normal United States citizens.
Rempel, Green and Kralstein (2012) argues “[…] their potential to reduce incarceration lies in their impact on recidivism, leading to fewer future cases on which long periods of incarceration might otherwise have been imposed” (Rempel, Green and Kralstein, 2012, p.190). Rempel, Green and Kralstein (2012) demonstrated that the drug court intervention should not be considered for an alternative to incarceration, right away because this based on their findings, more research needs to be conducted to further provide evidence.
Sullivan and Hamilton (2007) argues “[…] that although slight increases in substance use prevalence may not precipitate immediate changes in criminal behavior it may induce later increases in crime” (Sullivan and Hamilton, 2007, p.514). Sullivan and Hamilton (2007) demonstrates that there tends to be a gradual decline in criminal behavior leading to a decrease in substance …show more content…
Additionally, a research question that can open up future areas of inquiry is to see if utilizing a partnership for drug courts such as community treatment programs it would have more of an impact on substance use? Lastly, it does open the topic that if the United States were to allow drug users to choice a treatment program that best fits them, would it help the volume of cases in criminal justice