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Project Description
Role of Race in Criminal Justice Referrals to Treatment
Categories: Enforecement; Treatment; Drug Policy & Trends
PI: Nancy Nicosia
Start Date: March 2008
End Date: February 2011
To examine the adjudication of drug offenders in California from 1982- 2005 to determine the extent to which race/ethnicity has played a role in final disposition and referral to drug treatment.