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Title	Type	Date
New Report Details Innovative Ways to Help Teens Struggling With Drugs, Alcohol and Crime The Reclaiming Futures project directors have authored the report, How to Implement a Model to Get Youth Off Drugs and Out of Crime, based on six years of creating and testing new ways to help teens that enter the juvenile justice system and...	News releases	06/26/2008
How to Implement a Model to Get Youth Off Drugs and Out of Crime This Reclaiming Futures report provides a road map for communities that wish to help local juvenile justice systems tackle substance abuse and illegal behavior. Published In: A Reclaiming Futures National Fellowship Report	Reports	06/26/2008
National Publication for Drug Court Professionals Gets Word Out That Drug Courts Reduce Costs and Crime Drug courts divert nonviolent, drug-abusing offenders to court-supervised treatment programs.	Grant Results Reports	04/05/2007
The Role of Public Health Agencies in Providing Access to Adolescent Drug Treatment Services The current article focused on the role of public health agencies (PHAs) in adolescent drug treatment. A total of 1,793 interviews were conducted with informants from approximately 800 sites in communities where students in 8th, 10th and 12th grades participated in... Published In: Journal of Adolescent Health	Journal articles	12/01/2006
Health Courts: An Alternative for Resolving Medical Liability Claims: Research Highlight The shortcomings of the medical tort system are widely acknowledged and have prompted substantial interest in medical liability reform. This Research Highlight covers an article describing a model for an alternative administrative compensation system featuring...	Research highlights	10/30/2006
Teen Drug Use and Juvenile Crime in New Hampshire Recent federal surveys indicate that New Hampshire teens use drugs at significantly higher rates than those in all but 10 other states nationwide. This relatively high rate of drug use is coupled with a low rate of drug treatment among teenagers. The New Hampshire...	Reports	12/01/2004
Worcester Has Limited Success in Fighting Back(R) Against Drugs Worcester Fights Back, which formed in 1990 under the auspices of the United Way of Central Massachusetts, worked to substantially reduce demand for illegal drugs and alcohol in Worcester, Mass.	Grant Results Reports	05/20/2003
Drug Court Saves Camden County, N.J., $4.7 million, Lowers Relapse Rate Genesis Counseling Center led a coalition of Camden County court system officials and treatment providers that worked to establish New Jersey's first "drug courts" in Camden County.	Grant Results Reports	11/01/2001
Drug Courts May Invite a New - and Surprising - Type of Therapeutic Alliance The National Association of Drug Court Professionals commissioned an observational study of the interaction of drug court judges with offenders and jurors.	Grant Results Reports	09/30/2000
Go to Jail or Kick the Habit? Drug Court Offers a Choice In 1997, Camden County court system launched New Jersey's first drug court, which provided an alternative sentencing program for individuals charged with drug-related offenses.	Grant Results Reports	01/31/1999