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What is a therapeutic community?
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How many people are referred to drug treatment by the criminal justice system?
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Outcome and Process Evaluation of Juvenile Drug Courts Final Report,  OJJDP-Sponsored, March 2013, NCJ 241643. (421 pages).
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Changing the Behavior of Drug-Involved Offenders: Supervision That Works,  NIJ, December 2012, NCJ 241369.
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Drug Courts, April 2013,  BJA, NIJ, OJJDP, April 2013, NCJ 238527. (2 pages).
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Addiction, the Brain, and Evidence-Based Treatment - Interview with Redonna K. Chandler,  NIJ, March 2012, NCJ 238513.
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Addiction, the Brain, and Evidence-Based Treatment,  NIJ, March 2012, NCJ 238511.
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HOPE: A Swift and Certain Process for Probationers,  NIJ, March 2012, NCJ 237724. (2 pages).
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Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT)
http://www.samhsa.gov/about/csat.aspx

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
http://www.drugabuse.gov/

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
http://www.samhsa.gov/

Substance Abuse Treatment Facility Locator
http://findtreatment.samhsa.gov/