Juvenile Drug Courts Agree More Family Involvement Needed; Some Not Sure How to Do It: Report [JJIE.org]

Samantha Sangenito 2/23/1712:00 PM

Juvenile drug treatment courts must do more to bring families into the treatment process if they want to help young offenders overcome addiction and stay out of the criminal justice system, a team of mental health professionals concluded in a sweeping report released today.

Using a survey of 158 drug courts in 38 states as a backdrop, the report highlights the need to improve the current approach to treatment and presents a set of tools to help courts incorporate family-involved treatment plans. Juvenile drug treatment courts have been less successful than traditional juvenile courts in stopping recidivism or drug use among youths charged with crimes, and even trails adult drug courts in success rates, according to research cited in the report.

[For more of this story, written by John Holland, go to http://jjie.org/2017/02/22/juv...how-to-do-it-report/]

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