Maintaining fidelity to the treatment court model through evaluation: The racial and ethnic disparities (RED) program assessment tool.

Treatment courts have played a key role in criminal justice reform by offering an alternative to incarceration for individuals who have substance use and mental health disorders. The treatment court model requires programs to complete evaluations, as well as measure potential racial and ethnic dispa...

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Publicado en:Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment Vol. 35; no. 6; pp. 1093 - 1105
Autores principales: Gallagher, John R., Collinson, Matthew R., Francis, Zephi
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Aug/Sep2025
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          Gallagher, John R.
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          Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University, Arlington, VA, USA
          School of Public Affairs, Department of Justice, Law, and Criminology, American University, Washington, DC, USA
          School of Public Affairs, Department of Sociology, American University, Washington, DC, USA
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        Substance abuse
        Risk assessment
        African Americans
        Evaluation of human services programs
        Mental illness
        Statistical sampling
        Hispanic Americans
        Decision making
        Descriptive statistics
        Race
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          Substance abuse
          Risk assessment
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          Evaluation of human services programs
          Mental illness
          Statistical sampling
          Hispanic Americans
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          Descriptive statistics
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      ab: Treatment courts have played a key role in criminal justice reform by offering an alternative to incarceration for individuals who have substance use and mental health disorders. The treatment court model requires programs to complete evaluations, as well as measure potential racial and ethnic disparities in outcomes. This study contributes to literature by using the Racial and Ethnic Disparities (RED) Program Assessment Tool to see if treatment courts (n = 151) have fidelity to the model by completing regular evaluation and to assess for racial and ethnic disparities in graduation rates. Treatment courts in this study, for the most part, were not faithful to the model by completing regular evaluation. Specifically, only 34% of the programs regularly examined graduation outcomes by race and ethnicity. Additionally, racial and ethnic disparities did exist where white participants were more likely than African American and Hispanic participants to graduate treatment court. Implications for policy advocacy, treatment court practice, and future research are discussed.
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