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Alternatives to Incarceration
Background
Alternatives to incarceration, including drug treatment courts, are designed
for criminal offenders who have an underlying substance abuse disorder
driving their criminal conduct.
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Drug Treatment Courts
This model is an alternative to incarceration for offenders suffering from a substance use disorder that is driving the criminal behavior at issue (e.g., stealing property to pay for drugs). Eligible individuals can choose to participate in the treatment court instead of the traditional justice system, which diverts them into treatment and rehabilitation, monitored by a judge and health professionals. Supported by decades of empirical research, the model seeks to break the cycle of crime related to psychoactive substance use and subsequent incarceration. Read More
Gender in the Criminal Justice System
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This program aims to carry out diagnostic studies and create
resources on alternatives to incarceration from a gender perspective. |
Curriculum Development - Alternatives to Incarceration, Case and Care Management
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This program helps to develop policy options to prevent low-level
drug-related crime, reduce prison populations, and socially
integrate low-level drug-related offenders. |
Financial Support
Strategic Partners
updated on 11/15/2020 11:19:48 PM
