IMPACT EVALUATION OF THE DTAP DIVIERSION PROGRAM

关注监禁重罪的无效和高昂的成本 毒品罪犯，金斯县地区检察官办公室，位于 纽约布鲁克林设计并实施了一项计划，以转移监狱- 将毒品罪犯捆绑到住宅区，接受社区治疗 程序。只要被告仍在，起诉就被推迟 治疗--15至24个月。成功完成 计划的指控被驳回，而那些退出的人 程序完成前的处理在原程序的基础上进行起诉 指控。这项研究的长期目标是证明 针对毒品罪犯的转移方案是有效的替代方案 监禁。在这种情况下，“有效性”意味着转移是 比监禁成本更低，并导致较低的再犯罪率 参与者。为了评估有效性，这项研究将使用准- 比较两种方案治疗后疗效的实验设计 参与者(n=150)与毒品罪犯的匹配样本(n=150) 他被判入狱。受试者将在6点和6点接受采访 完成治疗或出院后12个月的间隔 监狱。犯罪累犯、吸毒、就业等措施 社会适应将被用来评估两者之间的差异 组。这项研究还将包括成本效益分析，比较 对接受治疗的被告进行筛选和安置的费用 以其他方式招致的起诉、定罪和监禁的费用。 这一分析还将考虑到由此产生的经济效益 减少毒品使用，如降低犯罪和受害成本以及 更多地参与合法的经济活动。第三 这项研究的组成部分将审查法律胁迫的独特影响 关于治疗留存。布鲁克林地区检察官的计划是 旨在最大限度地胁迫；如果出现以下情况，被告将面临强制性监禁 他们在退学后被定罪，而且有一个特别逮捕组 专门分配给该计划的是迅速逮捕辍学学生。这个 强制变量将使用法律的感知来详细检查 威拉研究所开发并测试的胁迫(PLC)量表 在过去的一年。

Concerned with the ineffectiveness and high costs of incarcerating felony drug offenders, the Kings County District Attorney's Office, located in Brooklyn, New York, designed and implemented a program to divert prison- bound drug offenders to residential, therapeutic community treatment programs. Prosecution is deferred as long as the defendant remains in treatment -- 15 to 24 months. Defendants who successfully complete the program have their charges dismissed, while those who drop out of treatment before program completion are prosecuted on the original charges. The long-term objective of the research is to demonstrate that diversion programs for drug offenders are effective alternatives to incarceration. "Effectiveness" in this context means that diversion is less costly than incarceration and results in lower recidivism rates for participants. To assess effectiveness, the study will use a quasi- experimental design to compare the post-treatment outcomes of program participants (n = 150) with a matched sample of drug offenders (n = 150) who received prison sentences. Subjects will be interviewed at six- and twelve-month intervals after completion of treatment or release from prison. Criminal recidivism, drug use, employment and other measures of social adjustment will be used to assess differences between the two groups. The study will also include a cost-benefit analysis, comparing the costs of the screening and placement of defendants in treatment to the costs of prosecution, conviction and incarceration otherwise incurred. This analysis will also take into account the economic benefits derived from decreased drug use, such as lower crime and victimization costs and increased participation in legitimate economic activities. The third component of the study will examine the unique effects of legal coercion on treatment retention. The Brooklyn District Attorney's program was designed to maximize coercion; defendants face mandatory prison terms if they are convicted after dropping out and there is a special warrant squad specifically assigned to the program to apprehend dropouts swiftly. The coercion variable will be examined in detail using a perception of legal coercion (PLC) scale that the Vera Institute has developed and tested over the past year.