Baltimore City (MD) Drug Treatment Court
Drug-Involved Adults Age 18+; Drug treatment program to reduce rearrests and reconvictions for drug-involved offenders with substantial criminal and drug addiction histories. The objective of the program is to identify individuals with drug addiction and offer them a treatment alternative to incarceration. The four main goals of the program are to 1) provide pretrial, drug-dependent detainees with close supervision; 2) allow judges to use a cost-effective sentencing option by providing a fully integrated and comprehensive treatment program; 3) reduce recidivism rates of crimes committed by drug-motivated individuals; and 4) facilitate the academic, vocational, and prosocial skill development of participants.
Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice
University of Maryland
2220 LeFrak Hall
College Park MD 20742
Phone: 301.405.4717
Fax: 301.405.4733
E-mail: gott@umd.edu
