http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/1127prop3627.html
Abusive substances / Crime Reduction / Sentencing
Troy Andersen
"Non-violent drug offenders who were diverted to rehabilitation programs under Proposition 36 had higher rates of rearrest than those who remained in the criminal-justice system, a UCLA study released this week says.
Researchers found that offenders who enrolled in treatment programs created by the 2000 ballot measure were 48 percent more likely to be arrested for a drug offense within a year than those who entered treatment through drug courts or as a term of their probation.
In fact, so many severely addicted people were referred to treatment rather than the courts that inpatient residential programs were overwhelmed and many clients were placed instead in outpatient programs."
Evaluation of the Substance Abuse and Crime Preventiion Act - 2003 Report - http://www.uclaisap.org/Prop36/documents/112344%20SACPA%20FINAL%202003%20REPORT%20092304.pdf
