Defining Drug Courts: The Key Components
- Topics: 10-Key Component, drug court best practices, performance benchmarks
- Description: “Defining Drug Courts – The Key Components” – is a 32 page document that explains in specifics of each of the 10 Key Components for multidisciplinary teams to follow.
- Resource Type: Guidance Document
- Length: 32 Pages
- Agency/Author: National Association of Drug Court Professionals
- Year Published: 1997
National Drug Court Institute Best Practice Standards Vol. I & II
- Topics: Target population, historically disadvantaged groups, roles and responsibilities of the judge, incentives/sanctions/therapeutic adjustments, substance abuse treatment, complementary treatment/social services, drug and alcohol testing, multidisciplinary team, census and caseloads, monitoring and evaluation
- Description: This groundbreaking set of evidence-based standards is your blueprint to dramatically improve outcomes for individuals involved in the justice system due to substance use disorders and mental health conditions. Representing 25 years of empirical study on addiction, pharmacology, behavioral health, and criminal justice, these Standards are the foundation upon which all adult drug courts must operate. They hold the keys to transform how the justice system responds to people in crisis.
- Resource Type: Guidance Documents
- Length: 72 pages (Vol. I) & 92 pages (Vol. II)
- Agency/Author: 2013 (Vol. I) & 2015 (Vol. II)
- Year Published: National Association of Drug Court Professionals
Colorado Problem Solving Courts Adult Unified Best Practice Standards
- Topics: Principles and guidelines, recommended training and education, historically disadvantaged groups, team member roles and responsibilities
- Description: An overview of the recommended eligibility, identification/assessment, treatment, case management, evaluation, and coordination of services in a problem-solving court based upon the review of research and national guidelines.
- Resource Type: Guidance Document
- Length: 41 pages
- Agency/Author: Colorado Problem Solving Court Advisory Committee
- Year Published: 2022