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Journal Link 5.1: DeMatteo, D., Marlowe, D. B., Festinger, D. S.,  & Arabia, P. L. (2009). Outcome trajectories in drug court: Do all participants have serious drug problems? Criminal Justice and Behavior, 36, 354-368.

Questions that apply to this article:

1. Describe the risk-needs-responsivity model.
2. What questions about drug court did the study raise?
3. Considering the study focused on misdemeanor offenders and only for a brief time, do you think the findings useful?

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Journal Link 5.2: Gover, A. R., Brank, E. M., & MacDonald, J. M. (2007). A specialized domestic violence court in South Carolina: An example of procedural justice for victims and defendants. Violence Against Women, 13, 603-626.

Questions that apply to this article:

1. Discuss procedural justice and how it is different from the norm.
2. Describe the pretrial intervention and who qualifies.
3. What is the biggest challenge in implementing similar programs elsewhere?

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Journal Link 5.3: Sloan, J. J. & Smykla J. O. (2003). Juvenile drug courts: Understanding the importance of dimensional variability. Criminal Justice Policy Review, 14, 339-360.

Questions that apply to this article:

1. What sort of effects do drug courts have on court professionals?
2. In Applegate and Santana's (2000) study, what did they identify as statistically significant predictors of "successful" and "unsuccessful" juvenile drug court completion?
3. What were Sloan and Smykla's (2003) findings about drug courts overall? Give three examples.