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National Study of Family Treatment Court Best Practices, Outcomes, and Costs, [United States], 1993-2022 (ICPSR 39246)
Released/updated on: 2025-07-28
Geographic coverage: United States, Texas, California, Georgia, New York (state)
Time period: 1993-01-01--2022-12-31
The National Study of Family Treatment Court Best Practices, Outcomes, and Costs (also known as the National Study of Family Treatment Courts (NEFTC)) sought to study the extent to which family treatment courts (FTC) follow best practices, who benefits from FTCs, how much FTCs meet the needs of the communities they serve, and the cost-efficiencies of these programs. The NEFTC includes two study components: the Best Practice Study (BPS) and Outcome and Cost Study (OCS). The BPS examined the policies and practices of FTCs, assessed the extent to which policies and procedures of FTCs are aligned with current best practice standards, described the characteristics of FTCs, their eligibility requirements, and estimated the number and characteristics of families served by FTCs across the country. The OCS reviewed the implementation of four focus sites (California, Georgia, New York, and Texas) reflecting the diversity of FTCs across the country, and incorporates child, parent, and family outcomes related to repeat child maltreatment events (i.e., child welfare recidivism) and removals from the home. The BPS unit of analysis are FTCs from a subset of U.S. states, territories, and the District of Columbia. The OCS unit of analysis are individuals and families participating in FTCs from the four states listed. BPS variables include date FTC was implemented, whether specific FTC practices are followed, and the demographics (age, race, and sex) of participants. OCS variables include indexes of child welfare events, counts of adult and children FTC participants, FTC milestones, and demographics including age, race, and gender.
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Outcome Analysis Study of Drug Courts and State Mandated Drug Treatment in Los Angeles and San Joaquin Counties, California, 1998-2007 (ICPSR 25724)
Released/updated on: 2009-11-23
Geographic coverage: United States, California
Time period: 1998-07-01--2007-06-30
The California Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention Act (SACPA) of 2000 targeted nonviolent offenders who have a history of substance abuse and were primarily charged with misdemeanor or felony possession, excluding selling charges, for diversion from incarceration into community-based substance abuse programs. The two sites selected for this study (the El Monte Drug Court in Los Angeles County and San Joaquin County Drug Court) had SACPA programs that differed from each other and from the Drug Court model. The data for the outcome analysis were collected from administrative databases and from paper files where necessary and available. The data link an individial's criminal activity data, treatment data, and other program activity data. The outcome analysis consisted of Drug Court and Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention Act (SACPA) samples from San Joaquin and El Monte (Los Angeles) counties. Part 1, San Joaquin County Data, had a total of 725 participants and Part 2, El Monte (Los Angeles) County Data, had a total of 587 participants. The Drug Court cohort included pre- and post-SACPA Drug Court participants. The pre-SACPA Drug Court participants included all those who entered the Drug Court program July 1998 through June 1999 and included 202 participants in San Joaquin and 127 participants in El Monte. The post-SACPA Drug Court participants included all those who entered the Drug Court program in July 2002 through June 2003. This sample provided 128 participants in San Joaquin and 147 participants in El Monte who experienced the Drug Court program after any changes in eligibility and Drug Court processes due to SACPA, as well as allowing for outcome data for three years post-program entry. The SACPA samples in San Joaquin and El Monte consisted of all SACPA participants who were first time enrollees in SACPA programs between July 2002 and June 2003. These samples included 395 participants in San Joaquin and 313 participants in El Monte who experienced a reasonably well-established SACPA program while still allowing three years of outcomes post-program entry. The data for both San Joaquin county and El Monte (Los Angeles) county include the demographic variables age, race, gender, and drug of choice. Drug Court Treatment variables include dates or number of group sessions, dates or number of individual sessions, dates or number of days in residential treatment, other Drug Court service dates and types. Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention Act (SACPA) Treatment variables include dates or number of group sessions or episodes, dates or number of individual sessions or episodes, dates or number of urinalysis tests, dates or number of days in residential treatment, and other SACPA service dates and types. Other variables include arrest data, new court cases data, jail data, prison data, and probation data.