Harrison Lana D, Scarpitti Frank R
Center for Drug and Alcohol Studies, University of Delaware, 77 E. Main St., Newark, DE 19716, USA.
Subst Use Misuse. 2002;37(12-13):1441-67. doi: 10.1081/ja-120014418.
The first drug treatment court began in Miami, Florida in 1989, in direct response to the backlog of court cases for drug possession and trafficking. By mid-2001, there were 700 operational drug treatment courts and 400 more in the planning stages in the United States. In addition to providing an overview of the growth and development of drug treatment courts in the United States, this special issue examines their development in Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom. The primary focus is the evaluation research conducted to date, which identifies some of the critical unresolved issues facing drug treatment courts.
首个药物治疗法庭于1989年在佛罗里达州迈阿密成立，这是对毒品持有和贩运法庭案件积压的直接回应。到2001年年中，美国有700个运作中的药物治疗法庭，另有400个正处于规划阶段。除了概述美国药物治疗法庭的发展历程外，本期特刊还考察了它们在澳大利亚、加拿大和英国的发展情况。主要关注点是迄今为止进行的评估研究，该研究确定了药物治疗法庭面临的一些关键未解决问题。
