Our Research

Our work addresses treatment courts, diversion programs, police procedures, and juvenile justice to inform and improve policy and practice. Through data analysis and strong partnerships, we produce high-quality, evidence-based research, program design and implementation, training, and technical assistance.

Through translational research and strong researcher-practitioner partnerships, we provide actionable, measurable recommendations to inform and improve domestic and international policy, practices, and programs and enhance work and lives.

American University, Voices of Valor:

Transformative Journeys Through Veterans Treatment Courts

Veterans Reentry Programming:

Supporting Transition to Civilian Life Across the Sequential Intercept Model

The Veterans Treatment Court Call Revisited:

Where We Are Now in the Wake of Rapid Adoption

A multisite examination of women veterans in veterans treatment courts:

A gendered comparison of demography, criminal history, program requirements, and substance use and mental health issues

Brief Report:

Synthetic Cannabinoid Use among Military Personnel

‘Bath Salt’ Use in the Military:

Experiences with Synthetic Cathinone Use among Justice-Involved Veterans

Bangin’ at the Crossroads:

A Study of Rural Gangs

Court Operations during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Does Cannabis Testing in the Military Drive Synthetic Cannabinoids Use?

Self-Reported Use Motivations among Justice-Involved Veterans

Healing the wounds:

An examination of veterans treatment courts in the context of restorative justice

Medicate to Graduate:

Academic Strain and Nonmedical Prescription Stimulant Use among Graduate and Undergraduate Students

Pausing in the wake of rapid adoption:

A call to critically examine the veterans treatment court concept

Playing the Game:

A Qualitative Exploration of the Female Experience in a Hyper-Masculine Policing Environment

‘Spice’ Use Motivations, Experiences, and Repercussions among Veterans of the United States Armed Forces

Whom do they serve?

A national examination of veterans treatment court participants and their challenges

Veterans Treatment Courts, BJA Drug Court Technical Assistance Project, 2015 Survey Results

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Voices of Valor: Transformative Journeys Through Veterans Treatment Courts

Identifying those who served:

Modeling potential participant identification in veterans treatment courts (2018)

Waging war on recidivism among justice-involved veterans:

An impact evaluation of a large urban veterans treatment court

Investigating the programmatic attack:

A national survey of veterans treatment courts

National Institute of Justice’s multisite evaluation of veterans treatment courts, systematic assessment of implementation and intermediate outcomes

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