Dissertation
Process and outcome evaluation of the Spokane County meth family treatment court, 2003-2005
Washington State University
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Washington State University
12/2007
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.7273/000005778
Abstract
This dissertation presents findings from a two-year evaluation by the researcher
documenting the Spokane County Meth Family Treatment Court processes and
outcomes, and included treatment assessment and child protective services (CPS)
document review, as well as treatment team member and client interviews.
Observations of this program include over 200 hours of documented treatment court
team meetings and more than 200 hours of courtroom observations. Treatment
assessments for eighty-six potential program clients were reviewed and quantified into
an SPSS data set for analysis, as were the CPS files of 124 subjects, including program
graduates (44), early outs (44), and a comparison group (36). Study subjects were
measured on variables including family reunification, permanent housing, employment,
involvement in recovery activities, and family planning measures for family treatment
court clients over a three- to six-year period,1 covering both pre- and post program
periods. Observations and records review information were supplemented with interviews by treatment team members and post-program interviews with 25 of the 44 program graduates. Conclusions on therapeutic jurisprudence were made using Life Course Theory as a framework and social capital as an element of explanation. Findings include: 86% of graduates were reunited with their children, versus 22% of the
comparison group; graduates remained in treatment for an average of 55 weeks, versus
8 weeks of treatment on average for the comparison group; the number of months a
child dependency case remained open was comparable (approximately 20 months) for
graduates and the comparison group; and graduates were re-referred to CPS at higher
rates (50%) than early outs (38%) or comparisons (12%), but subsequent childbirth was
much less likely to be the cause of subsequent CPS involvement for graduates.
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Details
- Title
- Process and outcome evaluation of the Spokane County meth family treatment court, 2003-2005
- Creators
- Heidee Eileen McMillin
- Contributors
- David C Brody (Chair) - Washington State University, Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology
- Theses and Dissertations
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University
- Number of pages
- 257
- Identifiers
- 99901054940201842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Dissertation