ADULT DRUG COURT BEST PRACTICE STANDARDS

1 ADULT drug COURT . best PRACTICE STANDARDS . VOLUME I.. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF drug COURT PROFESSIONALS. ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA. ADULT drug COURT . best PRACTICE STANDARDS . VOLUME I. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF drug COURT PROFESSIONALS. ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA. Copyright 2013, National Association of drug COURT Professionals All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the National Association of drug COURT Professionals. Printed in the United States of America. drug Courts perform their duties without manifestation, by word or conduct, of bias or prejudice, including, but not limited to, bias or prejudice based upon race, gender, national origin, disability, age, sexual orientation, language, or socioeconomic status.

2 ADULT drug COURT best PRACTICE STANDARDS COMMITTEE. COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS. Douglas B. Marlowe, JD, PhD Carson L. Fox, Jr., JD. Chief of Science, Law, and Policy Chief Operating Officer National Association of drug COURT Professionals National Association of drug COURT Professionals Alexandria, Virginia Alexandria, Virginia COMMITTEE MEMBERS. P. Karen Blackburn, MA Mary Kay Hudson, LSW Aaron Roussell, PhD. Program Administrator Director of COURT Services Assistant Professor Administrative Office of Indiana Judicial Center Department of Criminology and Pennsylvania Courts Indianapolis, Indiana Criminal Justice Pennsylvania Supreme COURT Washington State University Deborah Koetzle, PhD. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Pullman, Washington Associate Professor & Executive Peter Bochert, Officer Richard H.

3 Schwermer, JD. Statewide drug COURT Coordinator Doctoral Program in Criminal Assistant State COURT Administrator New Mexico Administrative Office Justice Utah Administrative Office of the of the Courts John Jay College of Criminal Courts Santa Fe, New Mexico Justice/CUNY Salt Lake City, Utah New York, NY. Shannon Carey, PhD Jacqueline van Wormer, PhD. Executive Vice President Mike Loeffler, JD Assistant Professor Sr. Research Associate Fellow, NDCI Department of Criminal Justice &. NPC Research Sr. Assistant District Attorney Criminology Portland, Oregon Bristow, Oklahoma Washington State University Spokane, Washington Paul L. Cary, MS Austine M. Long, JD. Scientific Director drug COURT Coordinator Carol A. Venditto, MPA. Toxicology Laboratory Montgomery County Circuit COURT Statewide drug COURT Manager University of Missouri Health Care Rockville, Maryland Administrative Office of the Courts Columbia, Missouri Trenton, New Jersey John N.

4 Marr, MS. Fred L. Cheesman II, PhD Executive Minister Terrence D. Walton, MSW, CSAC. Principal COURT Research Consultant Boones Creek Christian Church Director of Treatment National Center for State Courts Johnson City, Tennessee Pretrial Services Agency for the Williamsburg, Virginia District of Columbia William G. Meyer, JD. Washington, DC. Michael Finigan, PhD Managing Arbiter President Judicial Arbiter Group, Inc. NPC Research Denver, Colorado Portland, Oregon Valerie Raine, JD. Karen Freeman-Wilson Director, drug COURT Projects Mayor Center for COURT Innovation City of Gary, Indiana New York, New York Carolyn Hardin, MPA Robert G. Rancourt Executive Director Minnesota District COURT Judge National drug COURT Institute Minnesota Judicial Branch Alexandria, Virginia Center City, Minnesota iii NADCP BOARD OF DIRECTORS RESEARCH & STANDARDS COMMITTEE.

5 Jeffrey S. Bagley Jamey H. Hueston Chief Superior COURT Judge District COURT Judge Cumming, Georgia Baltimore City, Maryland Scott W. Henggeler, PhD (Committee Chair) Connie Payne Medical University of South Carolina Executive Officer, Statewide Services Charleston, South Carolina Kentucky Administrative Office of the Courts Frankfort, Kentucky OBSERVERS. Ruby Qazilbash, MPA Holly K. Rogers, MA. Associate Deputy Director Public Health Advisor Bureau of Justice Assistance Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Washington, DC Administration Rockville, Maryland PEER REVIEWERS. Kenneth Arnold Ronald Ibarra Angela Plunkett Karen Barnes Anne Dannerbeck Janku Vanessa Price Erica Bartlett Michael Jewell Michael Rempel Gray Barton Melissa Knopp Charles Robinson Chet Bell Jeff Kushner Ken Robinson Kim Bingham Wendy Lindley Michael Roosevelt Michelle Cern Jaki Livingston Shelli Rossman David S.

6 Festinger Christopher Lowenkamp Robert Russell Karen Gennette Melanie G. May Ron Thrasher Socorro Gonzalez Gerald Melnick Robert Ward Dana Graham Pamela Miller Henry Weber Jennifer Grandal Jessica Parks Kristin Wood Helen Harberts Roger Peters Yolanda M. Woodhouse Paula Hendrix Chris Pleasanton Carrie Zoller Cary Heck Noreen Plumage EDITORIAL. Jennifer L. Carson Production Editor Editcetera Berkeley, CA. iv NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF drug COURT PROFESSIONALS. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. CHAIR. Robert G. Rancourt Minnesota District COURT Judge Minnesota Judicial Branch Center City, Minnesota NADCP BOARD OF DIRECTORS. Hon. Jeff Bagley Domingo Herraiz Connie Payne Cumming, Georgia Washington, DC Frankfort, Kentucky Hon. Michael J. Barrasse Mary Kay Hudson Hon.

7 Robert G. Rancourt Scranton, Pennsylvania Indianapolis, Indiana Center City, Minnesota Hon. Rogelio Flores Hon. Jamey H. Hueston Hon. Ruben Reyes Santa Maria, California Baltimore, Maryland Lubbock, Texas Hon. Evert N. Fowle Hon. Russell B. Laine Hon. Charles Simmons Newport, Massachusetts Algonquin, Illinois Greenville, South Carolina Hon. Richard Gebelein Hon. Leonia J. Lloyd Hon. Keith Starrett Wilmington, Delaware Detroit, Michigan Hattiesburg, Mississippi Hon. Pamela Gray Hon. Stephen Manley Hon. Korey Wahwassuck Washington, DC San Jose, California Cass Lake, Minnesota Hon. Bob Helfrich General Barry R. McCaffrey Rev. Dr. James G. White Hattiesburg, Mississippi (USA Ret.) Milwaukee, Wisconsin Alexandria, Virginia Scott Henggeler, PhD. Charleston, South Carolina EMERITUS BOARD MEMBERS.

8 Hon. Melanie May Hon. Robert Russell Hon. Jeffrey Tauber West Palm Beach, Florida Buffalo, New York Albany, California Hon. Louis Presenza (Ret.) Hon. John Schwartz Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Rochester, New York NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF drug COURT PROFESSIONALS. C. West Huddleston, III. Chief Executive Officer 1029 N. Royal Street, Suite 201. Alexandria, Virginia 22314. Tel. (703) 575-9400, Fax (703) 575-9402. v THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION. OF drug COURT PROFESSIONALS. It takes innovation, teamwork, and strong judicial leadership to achieve success when addressing drug -using offenders in a community. That's why since 1994 the National Association of drug COURT Professionals (NADCP) has worked tirelessly at the national, state, and local levels to create and enhance drug Courts, which use a combination of accountability and treatment to support and compel drug -using offenders to change their lives.

9 Now an international movement, drug Courts are the shining example of what works in the justice system. Today, there are over 2,700 drug Courts operating in the , and another thirteen countries have implemented the model. drug Courts are widely applied to ADULT criminal cases, juvenile delinquency and truancy cases, and family COURT cases involving parents at risk of losing custody of their children due to substance abuse. drug COURT improves communities by successfully getting offenders clean and sober and stopping drug -related crime, reuniting broken families, intervening with juveniles before they embark on a debilitating life of addiction and crime, and reducing impaired driving. In the 24 years since the first drug COURT was founded in Miami/Dade County, Florida, more research has been published on the effects of drug COURT than on virtually all other criminal justice programs combined.

10 The scientific community has put drug Courts under a microscope and concluded that drug Courts significantly reduce drug abuse and crime and do so at far less expense than any other justice strategy. Such success has empowered NADCP to champion new generations of the drug COURT model. These include Veterans Treatment Courts, Reentry Courts, and Mental Health Courts, among others. Veterans Treatment Courts, for example, link critical services and provide the structure needed for veterans who are involved in the justice system due to substance or mental illness to resume life after combat. Reentry Courts assist individuals leaving our nation's jails and prisons to succeed on probation or parole and avoid a recurrence of drug abuse and crime. And Mental Health Courts monitor those with mental illness who find their way into the justice system, many times only because of their illness.