Case Study: The First Family Drug Courts

Families are also affected by drug abuse. Sixty to eighty percent of child abuse and neglect cases involve substance abuse by a parent or guardian (Malroew, 2012) The first family drug court was stated back in 1995 in Reno, Nevada and since then there are only about 300 operating family drug courts in the United States. The average cost of foster care for one child in the state of Oregon it costs about seventy two dollars and eighty nine cents per day. In one year that is about twenty six thousand and six hundred dollars. If there is a family of four that is struggling with substance abuse and their children get placed in foster care that is about fifty three thousand two hundred dollars that the state and federal government shell out on children
Interviewing him will assist with figuring out how the DWI court runs in turn figuring out how the Drug Court will run. These courts are run in the same manor: one is set up for alcoholics and one drug offenders. “While Canadian DTCs vary in their policies and treatment practices, the goal of DTCs is to stop drug dependent individuals from using drugs, thereby reducing recidivism and increasing public safety. Consequently, participants are to become, and remain, abstinent from drugs and alcohol and re-establish themselves as productive, non-crime committing citizens” (Lyons 2013, p.416). Before interviewing anyone, there needs to be a standard for all interviews so they are conducted in a proper manor.

Write down important questions that will be asked to each of the interviewees.
Check and set up office space where interviews can be conducted.
Send out reminders for each of the interviews in order to remind them of the
Drug courts were put into place to seek the underlying cause of drug addiction which many believe can also relate to drug related crimes. The first Drug Courts started in Dade County, Florida. Since 1989 Drug Courts have expanded to every state and there ae more than 2,100 working drug courts in the United States (Tiger, 2011 p. 172). The structure of all courts is different but there are three main common features in each court. The first being “Legal and external pressure” this means it is a judges duty to mandate or sentence a person to drug courts. Second there is a second judge that sits on the Drug Court committee that reviews progress each week and a probation officer that does random drug testing every week. Drug testing is a key factor so that there is an accountability factor on every member of Drug Court in order to stay clean. The third factor that all courts have in common is there is a verity of sanctions and privileges given to members of the courts. Sanctions for members that have broken the rules and privileges for those that have been doing good and continue on the right path and stay clean (Tiger