Measuring Drug Court Adherence to the What Works Literature: The Creation of the Evidence-Based Correctional Program Checklist-Drug Court

This article also discusses the development of two predecessor assessment tools designed to measure how closely correctional programs adhere to evidence-based practice, the Correctional Program Assessment Inventory (CPAI) and the Evidence-Based Correctional Program Checklist (CPC). Results are briefly presented on the outcomes of the CPC-DC assessments completed to date by the University of Cincinnati (UC). Finally, recommendations are offered for operating an evidence-based drug court.

Source: International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology - December 24, 2015 Category: Criminology Authors: Blair, L., Sullivan, C. C., Lux, J., Thielo, A. J., Gormsen, L. Tags: Articles Source Type: research