Family Drug Court Research Articles

Court Strategies Under ASFA To Help Subtance‐Using Families Recover

Juvenile and Family Court JournalVolume 51, Issue 1 p. 1-8 Court Strategies Under ASFA To Help Subtance-Using Families Recover BY JUDITH LARSEN J.D., BY JUDITH LARSEN J.D. Judith Larsen is a trial attorney whose practice primarily is in family and poverty law. For the past ten years she has studied the effects of drugs on families and examined the ways courts have responded to the crisis. As consultant to such groups as the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges and the American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law, she develops cross-disciplinary seminars that bring social and scientific issues into the legal field. Her writing includes a benchbook for judges on Drugs and Families, sponsored by the ABA and the National Council, and numerous articles and monographs on the same subject. She was educated at Columbia University in New York and Georgetown University Law Center. Her research was supported by the State Justice Institute through the Miami Juvenile Court; and the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment through the Family Drug Court Initiative at the George Washington University.Search for more papers by this author BY JUDITH LARSEN J.D., BY JUDITH LARSEN J.D. Judith Larsen is a trial attorney whose practice primarily is in family and poverty law. For the past ten years she has studied the effects of drugs on families and examined the ways courts have responded to the crisis. As consultant to such groups as the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges and the American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law, she develops cross-disciplinary seminars that bring social and scientific issues into the legal field. Her writing includes a benchbook for judges on Drugs and Families, sponsored by the ABA and the National Council, and numerous articles and monographs on the same subject. She was educated at Columbia University in New York and Georgetown University Law Center. Her research was supported by the State Justice Institute through the Miami Juvenile Court; and the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment through the Family Drug Court Initiative at the George Washington University.Search for more papers by this author First published: 14 July 2009 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-6988.2000.tb00013.xCitations: 4AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Citing Literature Volume51, Issue1January 2000Pages 1-8 RelatedInformation

Another permanency perspective:Family Drug Court

ABSTRACTBecause a staggering percentage of criminal court caseloads are intrinsically related to drug or alcohol abuse, general jurisdiction courts with rehabilitative “Drug Court” programs have experienced notable success. A similarly large number of juvenile and family court cases also involve substance abuse. The establishment of a “Family Drug Court” is allowing parents involved in abuse and neglect litigation to benefit from the juvenile justice system's social service mode of rehabilitation.