1. Problem Solving Courts
... intensive judicial supervision. This study found that there is a significantly lower re-arrest and reconviction rates for those adult offenders who have participated in a problem-solving program. Bratton-Bloom et al. found that, "drug court programs are more costly than conventional cases due to their intensive monitoring and treatment services, the new monetary benefits of reduced recidivism exceed these costs ... therefore we are seeing more and more mentally ill people in the justice system because they do not have anywhere else to go (Burns 2010). A study conducted by Randall Brown ...
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