Search Results for Drug testing

... not in catching failure, but in facilitating and supporting success. Understanding and challenging current norms on condition setting and enforcement is a key piece of that, and drug testing conditions in particular warrant significant scrutiny and assessment. Ubiquitously imposed, potentially enormously harmful...

...Brian Lovins The criminal justice system is enthralled with drug testing. It is a billion dollar industry fueled by drug courts, swift certain, and fair strategies, and the idea that probation is a privilege. It has become so pervasive that even people without an identified drug problem are often...

...Pamela K. Lattimore; Christopher Inkpen; Stephen J. Tueller; Kim Janda; Luke Muentner; Nicholas K. Powell Drug testing—either random, scheduled, or for-cause—is a common condition of community supervision. This study investigates the utility of drug testing measures in predicting arrest...

...Meghan M. O’Neil, PhD This research article will contextualize drug testing and conditions of supervision by analyzing eight original in-depth interview and survey narratives provided by persons are in treatment for substance use disorder. We identify a gap in the literature surrounding drug...

.... However, I encountered unexpected challenges. Initially assigned a probation officer who was temporary, I was subjected to monthly drug testing. Before my first drug test, I was informed of yet another change in probation officers. This cycle continued until I finally received a permanent probation...

... endure constant monitoring, perpetually under the threat of incarceration. Drug war policies and practices have profoundly shaped probation and parole. Regardless of someone’s original sentence, abstinence from drugs, drug testing, submission to warrantless searches, and court-ordered treatment...

...LaTonya Myers An edited and condensed version of remarks delivered by LaTonya Myers as a panelist at the “Drug Testing and Community Supervision: Interrogating Policy, Practice, and Purpose” convening in Columbus, Ohio, in November 2023. Myers discusses her experiences—mostly negative—of probation...

...Julie Rud Julie Rud is the community corrections field services area director for Hennepin County (Minneapolis). Only five states have more people on probation than Minnesota, yet Hennepin County is a leader in reforms to supervision, including eliminating fees and cutting the use of drug testing...

... on the lessons learned from a decade of research on mass probation, focusing in particular on how drug testing helps us understand the risks and potential benefits of supervision. In light of the concerns about the harms of supervision, I argue that scholars and advocates should reconsider the fundamental...

... testing (e.g., twice daily breathalyzers, remote alcohol monitoring); those testing positive face an immediate sanction, typically a night or two in jail. Unlike drug courts and other forms of coerced substance use disorder treatment, 24/7 does not require participants to enter a treatment program...

... the watchful gaze of a supervising of cer.1 The of cer collects the urine and tests it for drugs or alcohol.2 The vocabulary surrounding these tests illuminates the purpose of the ritual. If the test comes back negative, the person is clean. 3 If the test shows a positive result, the person is dirty. 4 Day...

... participants in six American drug courts1 to solicit the views of individuals who are involved in the drug court process. The objective was to test some of the assumptions that have been made about drug court participants in the design and operation of drug courtsÑassumptions concerning the role...

... advanced training in addiction, treatment modalities, and drug testing making them more knowledgeable in working with the drug offender. Third, drug 182 F E D E R A L S E N T E N C I N G R E P O R T E R · V O L . 1 4 , N O . 3 ±4 · 2 0 0 1 ±2 0 0 2 court judges employ the informed use of sanctions...

..., fewer failures to appear, fewer new arrests on supervision, fewer positive drug tests, more days employed, and more favorable and cost-effective dispositions and sentences. Although prior evaluation studies have demonstrated promising outcomes for participants while they are actively engaged in the ATI...

... also been calling the Color Line and showing up for drug tests when his color was named. His probation of cer had assured him that if he stopped using and followed the treatment plan, there would be no need to send him back to prison and no need to involve the court. When he read the petition, however...

... on the Key Components, all drug courts should have certain hallmarks, such as regular court sessions with the drug court judge, check-ins with a supervision of cer, referrals to substance use treatment, and frequent, random drug testing. These intensive services are administered to keep the participant5...

... of sentencing,provided thatsuch abstinence isdocumented by the resultsofperi odic urine drug testingconducted during that period; and provided furtherthatsuch drug testing is conducted using an immunoassay test approved by theFood and Drug Administration forcommer cial distributionor, in thecase of a State...

... by 80% in the first three months, while positive drug tests fell by 86%.9 After three and one-half years, those measures had declined by 92% and 96%, respectively.10 A central component of the HOPE approach is the effort to triage available substance abuse treatment to the most needy, thereby conserving...

... placed in the drug treatment program. d. Drug courts provide access to a continuum of alcohol, drug, and other related treatment and rehabilitation services. e. Abstinence is monitored by frequent alcohol and other drug testing. f. A coordinated strategy governs drug court responses to participants...

... counseling or resources might be able to get back on track? Might more frequent drug testing and narcotics anonymous meetings make a difference? Before a revocation hearing, the matter is often set off to see if the supervisee can right the ship. If all goes well, additional conditions might be imposed...