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Volume 72 Number 1 HomeThe First 20 Years of Drug Treatment Courts: A Brief Description of Their History and Impact Arthur J. LurigioLoyola university ChicagoSINCE THE 1980s, an overwhelming emphasis on law enforcement strategies to combat illegaldrug possession and sales has resulted in dramatic increases in the nation's arrest andincarceration rates. Although general population surveys reported declines in illegal drug useduring the 1990s, rates of arrest and incarceration for drug offenses rose at a record pace into thetwenty- First century (Tonry, 1999). Drug offenses have been among the largest categories ofarrests for the past 20 Years . From 1980 to 2000, arrests for drug offenses more than doubled. In2000 alone, more than million persons were arrested for a drug offense more than four-fifths for a drug possession (Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2002).Prison sentences for drug offenses contributed significantly to the burgeoning of the incarceratedpopulation in the United States.
Loyola University Chicago SINCE THE 1980s, an overwhelming emphasis on law enforcement strategies to combat illegal drug possession and sales has resulted in dramatic increases in the nation's arrest and incarceration rates. Although general population surveys reported declines in …
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