Details

Compiler

• Carey, Shannon M. [Browse]
• Dahlgren, Jessica A. [Browse]

Related name

• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [Browse]

Series

• ICPSR (Series) ; 39246. [More in this series]
• ICPSR 39246

Restrictions note

Use of these data is restricted to Princeton University students, faculty, and staff for non-commercial statistical analysis and research purposes only.

Summary note

The National Study of Family Treatment Court Best Practices, Outcomes, and Costs (also known as the National Study of Family Treatment Courts (NEFTC)) sought to study the extent to which family treatment courts (FTC) follow best practices, who benefits from FTCs, how much FTCs meet the needs of the communities they serve, and the cost-efficiencies of these programs. The NEFTC includes two study components: the Best Practice Study (BPS) and Outcome and Cost Study (OCS). The BPS examined the policies and practices of FTCs, assessed the extent to which policies and procedures of FTCs are aligned with current best practice standards, described the characteristics of FTCs, their eligibility requirements, and estimated the number and characteristics of families served by FTCs across the country. The OCS reviewed the implementation of four focus sites (California, Georgia, New York, and Texas) reflecting the diversity of FTCs across the country, and incorporates child, parent, and family outcomes related to repeat child maltreatment events (id est, child welfare recidivism) and removals from the home. The BPS unit of analysis are FTCs from a subset of U.S. states, territories, and the District of Columbia. The OCS unit of analysis are individuals and families participating in FTCs from the four states listed. BPS variables include date FTC was implemented, whether specific FTC practices are followed, and the demographics (age, race, and sex) of participants. OCS variables include indexes of child welfare events, counts of adult and children FTC participants, FTC milestones, and demographics including age, race, and gender.

Type of data

• administrative records data
• survey data

Time and place of event

Data collected 2018-10-01 through 2023-09-30

Funding information

Sponsored by United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention 2018-DC-BX-0056

Methodology note

FTCs from the United States and FTC participants from California, Georgia, New York, and Texas.

Contents

• Study-Level Files
• California Dataset
• Georgia Dataset
• New York Dataset
• Texas Dataset
• Excel Dataset

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Provenance

2025-07-28 ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection: Created variable labels and/or value labels. Standardized missing values. Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes.

Cite as

Dahlgren, Jessica A., and Carey, Shannon M. National Study of Family Treatment Court Best Practices, Outcomes, and Costs, [United States], 1993-2022. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2025-07-28. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR39246.v1

Other title(s)

National Study of Family Treatment Courts, NEFTC

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