title: Money Matters: Cost Effectiveness of Juvenile Drug Court with and without Evidence-Based Treatments.
abstract: The 12-month cost effectiveness of juvenile drug court and evidence-based treatments within Court were compared with traditional Family Court for 128 substance abusing/dependent juvenile offenders participating in a four-condition randomized trial. Intervention conditions included Family Court with community services (FC), Drug Court with community services (DC), Drug Court with Multisystemic Therapy (DC/MST), and Drug Court with MST enhanced with a contingency management program (DC/MST/CM). Average cost effectiveness ratios for substance use and criminal behavior outcomes revealed that economic efficiency in achieving outcomes generally improved from FC to DC, with the addition of evidence-based treatments improving efficiency in obtaining substance use outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Family Services Research Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.
authors.forename: Ashli J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Sheidow
authors.forename: Jayani
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jayawardhana
authors.forename: W David
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Bradford
authors.forename: Scott W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Henggeler
authors.forename: Steven B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Shapiro