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"If you want to know what juvenile drug courts do and why they are so popular with state and local officials, look no further. The papers written and organized by Jeffrey Butts and John Roman offer a provocative review of this still growing program model for juvenile drug users. Anyone interested in the idea of problem-solving justice should read this book."
—Greg Berman, Director, Center for Court Innovation, New York, NY

"Juvenile drug courts are increasingly popular, but researchers have still not found the key to their success. Butts and Roman provide policymakers and practitioners with a thorough and sometimes provocative introduction to these programs as well as a compelling plan for a future research agenda."
—Kate Kraft, Senior Program Officer, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

"Juvenile Drug Courts and Teen Substance Abuse, the most comprehensive work to date on the subject, charts the foundations, issues, and needs of U.S. juvenile drug court programs. An invaluable resource for those concerned for adolescent substance abuse, it is an instructive guide for evaluating program effectiveness and for guiding the future of interdisciplinary therapeutic court programs."
—Donna L. Boone, President, Congress of State Drug Court Associations and Director, National Program for Therapeutic Courts, William and Mary Law School

"The popularity of drug courts for adult offenders has triggered a rush to drug courts for juvenile offenders. This is the volume that policy makers and practitioners need to read before jumping on the bandwagon. It shows the central differences in the needs of adult and juvenile offenders and provides a clear statement of the research that must be done to establish how drug courts can be usefully fit into the juvenile justice system."
—Peter Reuter, Professor, School of Public Policy and Department of Criminology Director, Program on the Economics of Crime and Justice Policy, University of Maryland

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