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Sanction Threats in Court-Ordered Programs: Examining Their Effects on Offenders Mandated into Drug Treatment

Sheila Royo Maxwell

During the past decade, court-ordered diversion and treatment procedures have proliferated in response to the problems of court congestion and prison overcrowding. Underlying these court orders are stiff sanctions that are often used to threaten offenders to comply with the court's mandate. Given the widespread use of court orders and their stiff penalties for violations, the effectiveness of sanction threats in enforcing compliance among offenders has rarely been examined. Using a sample of offenders mandated by the courts into drug treatment, this article examines the effects of sanction threat on the offenders' perceptions of threat and their lengths of stay in drug treatment.

Crime & Delinquency, Vol. 46, No. 4, 542-563 (2000)
DOI: 10.1177/0011128700046004007
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