Assessing the Effectiveness of Juvenile Mental Health Courts as a Public Safety Strategy

This project is a logical continuation of "Assessing the Effectiveness of Juvenile Mental Health Courts as a Public Safety Strategy." Building on this study, the purpose of this additional work is twofold: 1) to identify the responsible court and procedures for adjudicating juvenile-related DUI/DWI cases in 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. territories; and 2) to compare outcomes for different court procedures. The goals of this study are to determine if there is a type of specialty and non-specialty court and if these court procedures are more effective in reducing recidivism and in identifying drinking disorders among youth arrested for alcohol-related DUI/DWI offenses. This works seeks to answers six research questions related to juvenile DWI/DUI cases, court processing, adjudication, and program outcome. This project will involve a national survey and a three-site outcome study. nca/ncf