Drug use represents a significant burden to public health through disease, disability and
social problems, and policy makers are becoming increasingly interested in how to develop …

This is a critical review of 37 published and unpublished evaluations of drug courts
(including seven juvenile drug courts, one DUI court, and one family drug court) produced …

Estimating the cost to society of individual crimes is essential to the economic evaluation of
many social programs, such as substance abuse treatment and community policing. A …

Comprehensive yet accessible, this text provides a practical introduction to the skills,
attitudes, and methods required to assess the worth and value of human services offered in …

Programs targeted at high-risk youth are designed to prevent high-school dropout, crime,
drug abuse, and other forms of delinquency. Even if shown to be successful in reducing one …

Between 1980 and 1996 the number of arrests has increased considerably for offenders
ages 12 and under. This increase is a cost to society in two ways: the cost of the crime and …

We examine the effect of Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on
substance use disorder (SUD) treatment utilization and financing. We combine data on …

This paper estimates the economic impact of terrorism at US33billionin2018.
Inthe18yearsfrom2000to2018,terrorismcosttheworldeconomy US 855 billion. This model …

Objective: To estimate comprehensive cost of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients to society
and individual stakeholders, including patients/employees, employers, family …

Using data from 1,162 people entering treatment and followed up (> 94%) for 8 years, this
article examines the relationship between the duration of abstinence (1 month to 5 or more …