Status hearings in drug court: when more is less and less is more
Status hearings in drug court: when more is less and less is more
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DOI：
10.1016/s0376-8716(02)00187-4
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发表时间：
2002-10-01
影响因子：
4.2
通讯作者：
McLellan, AT
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作者：
Festinger, DS;Marlowe, DB;McLellan, AT
我们研究了增加轻罪毒品法庭客户出现在法官面前的司法地位听证会的次数的影响。我们之前的研究结果显示，在该计划的前14周内，增加听证会没有主要影响。本研究探讨了参与者的出院状态的程序，并探讨了潜在的客户端特性和司法地位听证会的频率之间的相互作用的结果。结果显示，听力频率对毕业状态没有主要影响。符合DSM-IV反社会人格障碍（APD）标准的毒品犯罪者在被分配到更频繁的司法地位听证会时，获得了更多周的尿检证实的药物戒断，而没有APD的受试者在被分配到不太频繁的听证会时，获得了更多的戒断，更有可能从该计划中成功毕业。此外，有药物滥用治疗史的客户在被分配到更频繁的听证会时，可以实现更多周的禁欲。这些发现为毒品法庭提供了有益的指导。地位听证会既昂贵又耗时，应针对最能从中受益的客户。(C)2002爱思唯尔科学爱尔兰有限公司保留所有权利。
We examined the effects of increasing the number of times misdemeanor drug court clients appeared before a judge for judicial status hearings. Our previous findings showed no main effect of increased hearings during the first 14 weeks of the program. The present study examined participants' discharge status in the program, and also explored potential interactions between client characteristics and the frequency of judicial status hearings on outcomes. Results revealed no main effects for hearing frequency on graduation status. Drug offenders who satisfied DSM-IV criteria for antisocial personality disorder (APD) achieved more weeks of urinalysis-confirmed drug abstinence when assigned to more frequent judicial status hearings, whereas subjects without APD achieved more abstinence and were more likely to graduate successfully from the program when assigned to less frequent hearings. Additionally, clients with a history of substance abuse treatment achieved more weeks of abstinence when assigned to more frequent hearings. These findings lend useful guidance to drug courts. Status hearings are expensive and time consuming and should be targeted to clients who would benefit most from them. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.