SAC Publication Digest - May 2005 - Justice Research and Statistics ...

OKLAHOMA
ANALYSIS OF OKLAHOMA DRUG COURTS: FISCAL YEARS 2002-2003
Nancy Warren, Lorrie Byrum, Kristy Spiczka, Bill Chown, and Carol Furr
January 2004, 91 pp.
Data were collected and analyzed for 1,666 participants from 19 adult drug courts in Oklahoma,
including all active participants as of July 1, 2001, and all participants entering through June 30,
2003. Various characteristics of offenders were examined comparing pre to post, as well as
sanctions imposed, average length of treatment, retention rates, recidivism rates, and many
other variables. A cost analysis model was also developed to compare the cost of sending the
offenders to drug court to sending them to prison. The drugs of choice for participating
offenders were alcohol, methamphetamine, cannabis, and cocaine. There was a wide variance in
the average length of prison sentence received if a participant failed drug court, and the top
violation resulting in sanctions (though not necessarily prison) was a positive drug test.
WYOMING
DRUG COURTS IN THE STATE OF WYOMING: A PROCESS AND OUTCOME EVALUATION
Laurel Parker West and Tiffany Comer Cook
October 2004, 107 pp.
This study examines how the drug court movement in Wyoming is taking shape and to what
effect. The study focuses on how Wyoming drug courts operate specific features of program
design and implementation and participant outcomes. Data sources include surveys of adult
and juvenile participants and parents of juvenile participants, local drug court coordinators, the
case management system, and state drug court applications and contracts. Surveys ask about
perceptions of program effectiveness and opinions about implementation. Outcome measures
include recidivism and change in lifestyle/circumstances. The report includes an examination
of process and outcome measures for individual county drug courts as well as statewide
comparisons.
OPERATION STOREFRONT 2004: POINT OF SALE TOBACCO ADVERTISING IN THE
STATE OF WYOMING
Marc Homer and Mindy Dahl
August 2004, 33 pp.
This report presents data collected through Operation Storefront. Operation Storefront is an
effort used to monitor compliance with laws concerning the sale of tobacco products and to
track the way those products are advertised. There were two data collection periods in this
study: 2001-2002 and 2003-2004. Data were collected on a county level using a data form.
Measures include the distance from a tobacco outlet to a school, type of advertising, product
placement in stores, and underage purchasing warning signs.
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