Transcript Initiation and implementation of the Norwegian edition of the Drug

BACKGROUND
The Norwegian Drug Court started
1. January 2006.
• Two projects in Oslo and Bergen
• Established two DC-centres
• Duration: End of 2010
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The purpose of the project
Alternative to prison
Reduce criminality
Reduce use of illegal drugs
Improve:
- health of the participants
- social conditions
- housing etc.
The Target Groups
• The first client into the program
March 2006
• People with drug related crime
• Motivated for the DC-program
- concent to forensic research
- meet for consultations at
the centre
Oslo
• In 2009 44 persons were forensic
researched
• Only 11 were found suitable for the
program
Too few suitable for the program?
Gender
• In 2009 6 of 44 persons were women
• In 2008 6 of 41 persons were women
Who takes initiative to the forensic
research?
• In Oslo 3/4 of all initiatives were taken by
the client’s defender
• Just 1/5 of the initiatives were taken by
the police
• 1/10 by the courts
Oslo
(per 31.12.09)
• The DC-centre has received 39
persons in the program
- 7 persons finished the program
- 13 persons are still in the program
• 19 persons dropped out of the program
- new criminality
- did not follow the program
- 9 of these dropped the program in
2009
- 5 persons fullfilled the program in
2009
Positive development
EVALUATION:
Preliminary Evaluation
March 2010
By the end of 2009 totally 85 clients
were in the program.
Of these 26 clients have been
interviewed 3 times.
The Norwegian Institute for
Alcohol and Drug Research
(SIRUS)
has conducted a preliminary
evaluation of the projects in Bergen
and Oslo.
• Now 85 clients totally in the program
• By the end of 2007 47 clients
• Of these 26 clients are interviewed at 3
different times during the program:
T1 - By the time they enter the
program after the sentence
in the court
T2 - After one year in the program
T3 - After two years in the program
Methode/instrument used:
ASI (Addiction Severity Index)
which covers:
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use of illegal drugs
criminality
health
work
family
social condition
Of the 47 clients in 2006 and 2007,
64% dropped out of the program.
• 19% (5) of the 26 clients fullfilled
the program
• 15% (4) are still in the program
• 65% (17) have dropped out
Is this a good result?
Drop outs
• Average time in the program: 223
days
• Shortest: 15 days
• Longest: 874 days
The probation will make the
clients stay longer in the project.
Use of drugs on T1, T2 and T3
• T1 - 69%
• T2 - 46%
• T3 - 54%
Specific drug use (%)
T1
• Heroin
27
• Amphetamine
42
• Cocaine
8
• Cannabis
50
N=26
T3
12
39
0
39
There is a certain decline in illegal
use of drugs.
Effect on criminality?
• Illegal sale or posession of drugs
• Stealing, robbery etc.
• Violence
Charge with crime (%)
Sale or posession
Stealing, robbery
Violence
Other crime
T1
100
100
50
8
T2
23
38
12
4
T3
27
31
15
0
The program seems to have a positive
effect on reducing crime.
The gravity of criminality
• There is a promising trend towards
reducing the gravity of the
criminality, specially among the
clients who are not in the control
institutions.
• Internationally: Drug Courts seem to
reduce the risk of recidive generally.
• This seems also to be the best effect
of the DC-program for Norway.
CONCLUSIONS
• Scientifically there is no sufficient
data to conclude that DC-program will
reduce the illegal use of drugs among
the clients substansially. However
there is a promising tendency.
• The DC-program is more promising
concerning the aim to reduce the
criminality among the clients.
QUESTIONS
Do the results make it worth
continuing the program?
• Resources
• Any benefits for the clients
• Protecton for the society