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Koetzle, D., Listwan, S. J., Guastaferro, W. P., & Kobus, K. (2015). Treating High-Risk Offenders in the Community: The Potential of Drug Courts. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 59(5): 449-465.

Questions to consider:

1. What is the drug court model? How does it work?
2. Are drug courts or probation more effective? And why?
3. What is a good direction for future research?

Zettler, H. R., & Morris, R. G. (2015). An Exploratory Assessment of Race and Gender-Specific Predictors of Failure to Appear in Court Among Defendants Released via a Pretrial Services Agency. Criminal Justice Review: 1-14.

Questions to consider:

1. What factors influence FTA?
2. What are the most significant influences on FTA?
3. What is the practical significance of this research to the justice system?

Johnson, B. D. (2014). Judges on Trial: A Reexamination of Judicial Race and Gender Effects Across Modes of Conviction. Criminal Justice Policy Review, 25(2): 159-184.

Questions to consider:

1. Why is the research on judicial characteristics important?
2. Why did so many researchers draw the conclusion that judicial background characteristics of a judge have minimal impact on conviction?
3. How do the judicial background characteristics influence judges’ decision? Is this influence significant?