TY  - JOUR
AU  - Pollack, Harold
AU  - Reuter, Peter
AU  - Sevigny, Eric L
TI  - If Drug Treatment Works So Well, Why Are So Many Drug Users in Prison?
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 16731
PY  - 2011
Y2  - January 2011
DO  - 10.3386/w16731
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w16731
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w16731.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Harold Pollack
University of Chicago
School of Social Service Administration
969 East 60th Street
Chicago, IL 60637
E-Mail: haroldp@uchicago.edu

Peter Reuter
University of Maryland
E-Mail: preuter@umd.edu

Eric L. Sevigny
1305 Greene St.
Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC 29208
E-Mail: sevigny@mailbox.sc.edu
M1  - published as Harold Pollack, Peter Reuter, Eric Sevigny. "If Drug Treatment Works So Well, Why Are So Many Drug Users in Prison?," in Philip Cook, Jens Ludwig, Justin McCrary, editors, "Controlling Crime: Strategies and Tradeoffs" University of Chicago Press (2011)

M3  - presented at "Economical Crime Control Conference", January 15-16, 2010
AB  - This paper examines the effectiveness of drug courts to reduce the size of the incarcerated drug-offending population using data from the Survey of Inmates in State Correctional Facilities and the Survey of Inmates in Local Jails. We find that very few of those entering state prison in 2004 or jail in 2002 would have been eligible for drug diversion through state drug courts. The policy implication is that drug courts and other diversion programs require substantial redesign if they are to contribute to a reduction in the incarcerated population.
ER  -