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Setting the Record Straight: Criticisms Answered: NADCP and Drug Court Leaders Respond to Criticisms with the Facts
Setting the Record Straight: Criticisms Answered: NADCP and Drug Court Leaders Respond to Criticisms with the Facts
Publication year:
2011
| Cataloged on:
Aug. 23, 2011
ANNOTATION: Studies overwhelmingly demonstrate that “Drug Courts reduce crime, reduce substance abuse, and reduce family conflicts associated with domestic violence and child abuse.” Yet in the face of this mountain of data, two non-scientific think tanks, devoted to drug decriminalization, have taken the supporting evidence for drug courts and spun it to look like drug courts do not work. This website is the National Association of Drug Court Professionals’ (NADCP) way to counter the misinformation being presented. Remarks are organized into these areas: NADCP responds to the Drug Policy Alliance and Justice Policy Institute; Public Radio’s This American Life “Very Tough Love”; and NADCP responds to the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
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