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- Title
Impact of Community-Panel Juvenile Drug Court Judges in Woodbury County, Iowa.
- Authors
Vick, Dwight
- Abstract
Like most drug courts, the Woodbury County, Iowa program is based on therapeutic jurisprudence (TJ) and social bonds theory. It also relies on and trains community volunteers who serve as judges and work directly with clients. The article outlines the requirements for juveniles and community-based judges who are accepted into and remain in the drug court program. Woodbury County's overall success rate is higher than the national average. The difference between this drug court and others is the use of community members. Furthermore, the article combines leadership theories in volunteer organizations to explain how the judges work together, each panel's success rate over a two-year period, and their practical application of TJ and social bonds theory to clients' lives.
- Subjects
IOWA; DRUG courts; THERAPEUTIC jurisprudence; SOCIAL bonds; JUVENILE justice administration; CITIZEN participation in criminal justice administration; SUBSTANCE abuse; LAW enforcement; RECIDIVISM rates; RECIDIVISM
- Publication
Politics, Bureaucracy & Justice, 2009, Vol 1, Issue 2, p20
- ISSN
2151-4283
- Publication type
Article