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Related name

• Harrell, Adele [Browse]
• Marlowe, Douglas [Browse]
• Merrill, Jeffrey [Browse]
• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [Browse]

Series

• ICPSR (Series) ; 3928. [More in this series]
• ICPSR 3928

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Summary note

This study was an evaluation of the Breaking the Cycle (BTC) demonstration projects conducted in Birmingham, Alabama, Jacksonville, Florida, and Tacoma, Washington, between 1997 and 2001. The BTC demonstrations tested the feasibility and impact of systemwide interventions to reduce drug use among offenders by identifying and intervening with drug-involved felony defendants. This study contains data collected as part of the impact evaluation of BTC, which was designed to test the hypotheses that BTC reduced criminal involvement, substance abuse, and problems related to the health, mental health, employment, and families of felony drug defendants in the demonstration sites. The evaluation examined the relationship between changes in these areas and characteristics of the participants, the kinds and levels of services and supervision they received, and perceptions of defendants about the justice system's handling of their cases. It also assessed how BTC affected case handling and the length of time required to reach a disposition, the number of hearings, and the kinds of sentences imposed. The impact evaluation was based on a quasi-experimental comparison of defendants in BTC with samples of similar defendants arrested in the year before BTC implementation. Interviews were conducted with sample members and additional data were gathered from administrative records sources, such as the BTC programs, arrest records, and court records.... Cf.: http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/03928.xml

Notes

Title from ICPSR DDI metadata of 2006-09-15.

Type of data

6 data files + machine-readable documentation (PDF) + SAS setup file(s) + SPSS setup file(s) + Stata setup file(s) + SAS transport + SPSS portable + Stata system

Time and place of event

Start: 1997; and end: 2001.

Geographic coverage

Alabama, Birmingham, Florida, Jacksonville, Tacoma, United States, Washington

Funding information

United States Department of Justice. NationalInstitute of Justice 97-IJ-CX-0013

System details

Mode of access: Internet.

Methodology note

Universe: Parts 1, 3, and 5: Felony defendants involved with illegal drugs in Birmingham, Alabama, Jacksonville, Florida, and Tacoma, Washington, respectively. Parts 2, 4, and 6: All felony court cases processed in Birmingham, Alabama, Jacksonville, Florida, and Tacoma, Washington, respectively, between 1997 and 2001.

Contents

Part 1: Birmingham Survey and BTC Data; Part 2: Birmingham Court Data; Part 3: Jacksonville Survey and BTC Data; Part 4: Jackson Court Data; Part 5: Tacoma Survey and BTC Data; Part 6: Tacoma Court Data

Other format(s)

Also available as downloadable files.

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