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Specimen Collection Practices

Ensuring Accurate Specimen Collection: Key Practices for Justice Programs: Part 3

Part three of The Nuts and Bolts of Drug Testing focuses on specimen collection practices. Discover best practices for participant identification, secure collection sites, chain of custody, and witnessed collections to ensure accurate and reliable test results. Proper procedures are vital for maintaining integrity in justice programs and preventing test subversion.
Treatment Court Best Practices

Treatment Court Best Practices: Comprehensive Drug Testing: Part 2

Part two of The Nuts and Bolts of Drug Testing delves into the best practices for effective testing in treatment courts. Discover how frequent, random, long-term, and comprehensive testing supports participant success, reduces recidivism, and enhances program integrity. Learn why testing is a cornerstone of treatment court best practices.
Smart on Crime

Why “Smart on Crime” Works Better Than “Tough on Crime”

"Smart on crime" strategies like drug treatment courts focus on addressing root causes of crime, such as addiction, to reduce recidivism, save money, and improve public safety.
Drug Recognition Experts

Understanding Drug Recognition Experts: Training and Road Safety

This episode explores the critical role of Drug Recognition Experts in combating drug-impaired driving. Learn about their specialized training, the 12-step procedure, and their impact on road safety.
Global Traffic Safety

Global Traffic Safety: A Call to Action

Road traffic crashes claim over 1.24 million lives annually. This episode explores global traffic safety challenges, the UN's Decade of Action, and how we can save lives worldwide.
Global Justice

Understanding Global Justice: Key Principles and Measurements

In this episode, Justice Speakers Institute founders discuss global justice principles, focusing on the World Justice Project’s rule of law framework. They explore its universal principles, nine key factors for measurement, and the critical roles of Therapeutic Jurisprudence and Procedural Fairness in ensuring justice has citizen understanding and support.
Global Justice Solutions

Justice Speakers International: Bringing Global Justice Solutions

This episode introduces Justice Speakers International, a global platform connecting and supporting justice systems worldwide. From drug treatment courts to restorative justice and elder abuse, learn how JSI bridges gaps in global justice with expertise, resources, and innovative solutions to enhance programs and share ideas across continents.
Family Drug Treatment Courts

Family Drug Treatment Courts: Supporting Families and Protecting Children

This episode highlights the critical role of Family Drug Treatment Courts in addressing child abuse and neglect cases linked to substance use disorders. Discover how FDTCs promote family reunification, reduce foster care stays, and improve parental treatment outcomes using holistic, evidence-based practices to protect and support children and families.
Drug Testing

The Nuts and Bolts of Drug Testing: Part 1

Part one of The Nuts and Bolts of Drug Testing explores why drug testing is essential in drug treatment courts. Learn how testing reduces recidivism, monitors abstinence, and serves as a treatment adjunct. Gain insight into different testing methods and their benefits to better understand their critical role in the justice system.
Drug Treatment Courts

A Judge’s Journey: How Sobriety Courts Transformed Justice – Part 2

In part two of this series, Judge Brian MacKenzie interviews Judge Michael Haley about his law review article, Drug Courts: The Criminal Justice System Rolls the Rock. Judge Haley shares how Sobriety Courts transformed his approach to sentencing, offering hope and improving outcomes for participants and judges alike.