Abstract	The purpose of the research project is to determine the effectiveness of the La Crosse County Drug Court on participant’s sobriety upon completion of the program. Questionnaires were distributed to 25 graduates and data was analyzed to determine AOSA treatment effectiveness of the program. Although much research has been done to determine the effectiveness of drug courts on recidivism rates of program participants, little to no research has specifically focused on drug use and sobriety of program participants. Research has mainly been concerned with whether or not a program participant has committed anymore drug-related crimes, but not if the participant continues drug use without committing a drug-related crime. Acquiring information about continued drug use is just as important as acquiring information about committing drug-related crimes. Drug treatment courts are used in place of prisons and other correctional facilities in order to rehabilitate criminals and keep them from committing crimes in the future as well as living a sober life. The growth of effective drug court programs will not only help the problem of overcrowded correctional facilities, but the crime and drug use in communities across America could expect to see a significant decline.
Alternative title	University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Journal of Undergraduate Research
	UW-La Crosse JUR
Author	Petrus, Erin R.
Contributor	University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Undergraduate Research Program
Owner	University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Sponsor	Zollweg, William G.
Type of resource	text
Genre	journal
Genre authority	marcgt
Publisher name	University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Place of publication	La Crosse, Wisconsin
Date published	2007
Date captured	2016-12-06
Language	eng
Width	8.5
Height	10.99
Subject topic	University of Wisconsin-La Crosse -- Students -- Research -- Periodicals Authority: LCSH
Subject topic	College students -- Research -- United States -- Periodicals Authority: LCSH
Subject topic	Journals Authority: LCSH
Subject topic	Sociology Authority: LCSH
Subject topic	Archaeology Authority: LCSH
Note	Published as part of the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Journal of Undergraduate Research, Volume 10 (2007)
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Collection	UWL Journal of Undergraduate Research
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Stock number	WU76.U5 J6