Drug Court programs: Curbing re-offending by drug-related offenders

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Experts say that Drug Court programs are more effective than prisons in preventing re-offending rates by drug-related offenders.

The first Australian drug court was introduced in New South Wales in 1999.

Such specialist courts have been championed worldwide for being more effective – and cheaper – than jail time.

 

 

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