As part of a research team on the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) Initiative to Develop and Test Guidelines for Juvenile Drug Treatment Courts, WestEd conducted a policy and practice scan (also called an "environmental scan") to provide data on a small sample of local Juvenile Drug Treatment Courts (JDTCs) in the United States. This article is a synthesis of the information collected from 25 JDTCs on their current operations. The article first reviews key literature on JDTCs, followed by a description of the methodology used in this policy and practice scan. Then, the article presents findings about history, funding sources, partnerships, structures and operations, treatment options, challenges, and successes. We found little systematic performance evaluation or long‐term sustainability planning among the participating JDTCs. Finally, the article discusses the limitations of this study, implications for the new version of the JDTC guidelines, and practical recommendations for stakeholders in this field.

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少年药物治疗法院：政策和实务扫描

作为“少年司法和预防犯罪办公室（OJJDP）倡议制定和测试少年药物治疗法院指南”的研究小组的一部分，WestEd进行了政策和实践扫描（也称为“环境扫描”）以提供有关美国本地少年药物治疗法院（JDTC）的一小部分样本。本文是从25个JDTC收集的有关其当前操作的信息的综合。本文首先回顾了有关JDTC的主要文献，然后介绍了此策略和实践扫描中使用的方法。然后，本文介绍了有关历史，资金来源，伙伴关系，结构和运营，治疗方案，挑战和成功的发现。在参与的JDTC中，我们几乎没有系统的绩效评估或长期可持续性计划。最后，本文讨论了这项研究的局限性，对JDTC指南新版本的含义以及对该领域利益相关者的实用建议。