The impact of Juvenile Drug Treatment Courts (JDTC) implementing Federal Evidence-Based Guidelines on recidivism and substance use: multisite Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) and Regression Discontinuity (RDD) Designs

• Main Authors: Matthew L. Hiller (Author), Steven Belenko (Author), Michael Dennis (Author), Barbara Estrada (Author), Chelsey Cain (Author), Juliette R. Mackin (Author), Raanan Kagan (Author), Lauren Pappacena (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Juvenile drug treatment courts (JDTC) have struggled to define themselves since their inception in 1995. Early courts followed a format similar to adult drug courts, but these did not address the unique needs of juveniles, which led to the creation of 16 Strategies by a consensus...