Outcome Evaluation of Salt Lake County’s Felony Drug Court Program

Group: University of Utah

URL: http://ucjc.utah.edu/adult-offenders/outcome-evaluation-of-salt-lake-countys-felony-dru...

Description

The purpose of this study was to provide a current outcome evaluation of the Salt Lake County Felony Drug Court (FDC) program. FDC participants who exited in the years 2009-2011 were selected in order to allow for a sufficient post-exit follow-up period (approximately two years) for the majority of the cohort. Because the identification of a comparison group was outside the scope of this study, the analyses focused on pre- to post-exit changes in recidivism (new charges and convictions), examining the influence of length of program participation, exit status (positive, negative, neutral), and demographic factors.

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corrections, recidivism, courts, community courts, drug court, drug, substance abuse

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