Racial Differences in Graduation Rates From Adult Drug Treatment Courts

McKean, Jerome; Warren-Gordon, Kiesha

doi:10.1080/15377938.2011.535469

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“…As Hartley & Phillips (2001) suggested, discrimination and a lack of culturally sensitive programming may result in higher termination rates for minority participants. Further, racial differences and language barriers between the client and the treatment provider may also lead to lower success among racialized clients (McKean & Warren-Gordon, 2011). Additionally, social conditions that disproportionately affect the lives of minorities, such as low income, educational barriers and weak family support, may make it difficult for minority clients to participate in, and successfully complete, treatment.…”

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“…In general, research has suggested that having completed a high school diploma, or an equivalent, significantly enhances the likelihood that a participant will successfully complete treatment (Brown, 2010;Butzin et al, 2002;Harding et al, 2009;Hartley & Phillips, 2001;Schiff & Terry, 1997;Sechrest & Shicor, 2001). Olfson et al (2009) into the program or if they obtain employment over the course of treatment (Berghofer et al, 2002;Brown, 2010;Butzin et al, 2002;McKean & Warren-Gordon, 2011). In their study of the predictors of drug court completion, Roll, Prendergast, Richardson, Burdon, and Ramirez (2005) reported employment at the time of participation to be the strongest predictor of successful program completion.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Employment status is commonly used as a stake-in-conformity variable in an attempt to measure the degree of attachment an individual feels towards society and their willingness to engage in normative behaviours (Bennett, Stoops, Call, & Flett, 2007). As a result, it is commonly theorized that individuals who are employed have a higher stake in conformity than individuals who are unemployed and, as such, are more likely to successfully complete treatment programming (Berghofer et al, 2002;Brown, 2010;Butzin et al, 2002;McKean & Warren-Gordon, 2011). However, a lack of meaningful employment opportunity may in fact act as a deterrent against treatment withdrawal (Sung and Richter, 2007).…”

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Individual Factors Predicting Mental Health Court Diversion Outcome

Verhaaff

Scott

2014

Research on Social Work Practice

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Little research has examined which individual factors may predict mental health court diversion outcome. Using data provided by a non-profit mental health services agency operating in the Durham Region in Ontario, this study examined 419 persons with mental illness participating in a post-charge diversion program. Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics were employed to investigate the relationship between clientspecific factors and level of program completion. Logistic regression results revealed that unemployment was a significant predictor of program completion. Employment and symptom severity were predictive of partial completion of court diversion. Additionally, participants who did not complete programming were more likely to have a concurrent disorder and were more likely to be residentially unstable than participants who did complete programming. These findings are discussed with respect to their implications for practice and future research.

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Section: Client Characteristics Predictive Of Treatment Outcomementioning

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Individual Factors Predicting Mental Health Court Diversion Outcome

Verhaaff

Scott

2014

Research on Social Work Practice

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“…For example, some research has found that drug courts are unlikely to produce a reduction in recidivism (McKean & Warren-Gordon, 2011; or in drug and alcohol use for African Americans offenders; Dannerbeck, Harris, Sundet, and Lloyd (2006) found that African Americans were less likely to graduate from drug court than participants of other races. For example, some research has found that drug courts are unlikely to produce a reduction in recidivism (McKean & Warren-Gordon, 2011; or in drug and alcohol use for African Americans offenders; Dannerbeck, Harris, Sundet, and Lloyd (2006) found that African Americans were less likely to graduate from drug court than participants of other races.…”

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Carreon

2014

Criminal Justice Policy Review

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We modified the participant perception survey utilized in the Multi-Site Adult Drug Court Evaluation and administered it to participants at a majority Hispanic drug court in south Texas. Results revealed generally positive perceptions of the judge and various measures of procedural justice. Results also revealed that participants perceived the ability to communicate with the (bilingual) judge in Spanish as important to their success in drug court and that this was true even of those participants who were fluent in English as well as Spanish. Our results generate an important policy consideration for these future courts, namely, the language abilities of the judge. We believe that judges at majority Hispanic drug courts will be most effective when they are bilingual in English and Spanish and we call on drug court planners to consider our findings as they develop new courts to serve this growing population.

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“…The evidence supporting drug court as an effective intervention continues to grow, but at the same time, some studies have found that drug courts may not be as effective for African American participants as it is for white participants (Marlowe, 2013;McKean & Warren-Gordon, 2011). Gallagher (2013a), for example, found in a Texas drug court that white participants graduated the program at 65%, whereas the graduate rate for African Americans was only 46%.…”

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Racial Disparities in Drug Court Graduation Rates: The Role of Recovery Support Groups and Environments

Gallagher

Wahler

2018

Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions

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Racial disparities in drug court graduation rates: The role of recovery support groups and environmentsThere are over 3,000 drug courts in the United States, and research has demonstrated that, in some drug courts, African American participants are less likely to graduate than their white counterparts. Quantitative studies have documented the problem, but qualitative studies are needed to develop an in-depth understanding of this phenomenon through participants' experiences. This qualitative study asked African American participants (n = 31) about their lived experiences in drug court to develop insight into the factors that may contribute to racial disparities in drug court outcomes. African Americans had favorable views toward both mandated and natural recovery support groups, and they felt that participating in these support groups increased their likelihood of graduating drug court. Conversely, African Americans felt that a barrier to graduating drug court was their environments, mainly risk factors posed by family, neighborhoods, and peers. Implications for drug court practice are discussed.

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Racial Differences in Graduation Rates From Adult Drug Treatment Courts

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