The inaugural issue of the Journal for Advancing Justice provides critical insight into how treatment courts and the broader justice system can meet their most basic obligations to ensure justice for all. This volume includes six peer-reviewed articles detailing cutting-edge findings from the largest multi-site studies on disparities in treatment courts conducted to date. In addition, the journal examines the results of culturally proficient interventions designed to eliminate barriers faced by some racial and ethnic groups in accessing and succeeding in treatment courts.

Articles:

• Racial and Gender Disparities in Treatment Courts: Do They Exist and Is There Anything We Can Do to Change Them?
• Exploring Racial and Ethic Disproportionalities and Disparities in Family Treatment Courts: Findings From the Regional Partnership Grant Program
• Examining Racial Disparities in Program Completion and Post-Program Recidivism Rates: Comparing Caucasian and Non-Caucasian Treatment Court Participants
• African American Participants’ Suggestions for Eliminating Racial Disparities in Graduation Rates: Implications for Drug Court Practice
• Developing a Culturally Proficient Intervention for Young African American Men in Drug Court: Examining Feasibility and Estimating and Effect Size for Habilitation Empowerment Accountability Therapy (HEAT)
• Trauma Treatment for Men in Recovery for Substance Use Disorders: A Randomized Design Within the Miami-Dade County Adult Drug Court

Date: 2018