http://www.jointogether.org/sa/news/features/reader/0,1854,574178,00.html
Kevin Whiteacre
"Most studies of drug courts still fail to utilize the proper control and experimental groups for outcome comparisons. On page 2 the Report Card presents the findings from some of 'the most rigorous evaluations conducted among particular drug courts.' Every local evaluation listed compares the recidivism rate for an entire control group of offenders not participating in drug treatment courts with drug court graduates -- a mere portion of the entire experimental group of drug court participants. Similarly, the Report Card cites a study by the National Institute of Justice that found a 16.4 percent one year rearrest rate among a nationwide sample of 17,000 drug court graduates. They do not give recidivism data for the rest of the drug court participants. "
