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Drug court programmes to improve employment outcomes

Summary of the evidence

Rating
  • Unknown effectiveness

Drug court programmes are among the interventions/programmes aimed at improving employment outcomes evaluated in a narrative review (Magura et Marshall, 2020, 14 studies). The drug court interventions included in the review consisted of 26 individual and group counseling sessions provided by an employment specialist with experience in both employment and SUD counseling.

The review showed no significant effect on:

  • increased number days of paid employment
  • increased income

The other interventions reviewed are: Individual Placement and Support (IPS), Customized Employment Supports (CES), Therapeutic Workplace (TW), Job Seekers Workshop (JSW).

Details

Note: this evidence summary is only valid for the outcomes, target groups, settings and substances/patterns of use described below.

Name of response option
  • Drug court programmes
Desired outcome(s)
  • improve employability
Area(s)
  • Social reintegration
Specific substance or pattern of use
  • not-drug specific
Target group(s) or setting(s)
  • prison

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