Marlowe Douglas B, Festinger David S, Lee Patricia A, Dugosh Karen L, Benasutti Kathleen M
Treatment Research Institute at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
Crime Delinq. 2006;52(1):52-76. doi: 10.1177/0011128705281746.
This article reports outcomes from a program of experimental research evaluating the risk principle in drug courts. Prior studies revealed that participants who were high risk and had (a) antisocial personality disorder or (b) a prior history of drug abuse treatment performed better in drug court when scheduled to attend biweekly judicial status hearings in court. In contrast, participants who were low risk performed equivalently regardless of the court hearings schedule. This study prospectively matches drug court clients to the optimal schedule of court hearings based on an assessment of their risk status and compares outcomes to clients randomly assigned to the standard hearings schedule. Results confirmed that participants who were high risk and matched to biweekly hearings had better during-treatment outcomes than participants assigned to status hearings as usual. These findings provide confirmation of the risk principle in drug courts and yield practical information for enhancing the efficacy and cost-efficiency of drug courts.
本文报告了一项评估毒品法庭风险原则的实验研究项目的结果。先前的研究表明，高风险且患有（a）反社会人格障碍或（b）有药物滥用治疗史的参与者，当安排每两周在法庭参加一次司法状况听证会时，在毒品法庭的表现更好。相比之下，低风险参与者无论法庭听证会安排如何，表现相当。本研究根据对毒品法庭客户风险状况的评估，前瞻性地将他们与最佳法庭听证会安排相匹配，并将结果与随机分配到标准听证会安排的客户进行比较。结果证实，高风险且匹配每两周听证会的参与者在治疗期间的结果比按常规安排参加状况听证会的参与者更好。这些发现证实了毒品法庭的风险原则，并为提高毒品法庭的效力和成本效益提供了实用信息。
