Wednesday, September 17, 2003

Drug Courts, Treatment Programs Seek Trust, Understanding
An excellent September 5 feature story at JoinTogether that was somehow overlooked earlier - "Drug courts and treatment programs have a symbiotic relationship: These days, with so much treatment funding flowing through the criminal-justice system, it's fair to say that neither can long survive without the other. But as a recent conference shows, the relationship between the courts and treatment programs remains uneasy. Experts at the New England Association of Drug Court Professionals annual meeting, held in July in Bristol, R.I., indicated that trust and understanding -- or a lack thereof -- remains a critical issue for both sides." See also the web site of the National Association of Drug Court Professionals (though be forewarned about the audio welcome...), which has a number of publications, among them the NADCP's Training & Technical Assistance brochure, Research on Drug Courts: A Critical Review 2001 Update (both in Adobe Acrobat format), including a resource and funding guide (in Word format).