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Author: Downey, P. Mitchell

Title: Cost-Benefit Analysis: A Guide for Drug Courts and other Criminal Justice Programs

Summary: Policymakers and practitioners face difficult decisions when they allocate resources. As resource constraints have tightened, the role of researchers in informing evidence-based and cost-effective decisions about the use of funds, labor, materials and equipment - and even the skills of workers - has increased. We believe research that can inform decisions about resource allocation will be a central focus of criminal justice research in the years to come, with cost-benefit analysis (CBA) among the key tools. This report about the use of CBA is aimed at not only researchers but also practitioners and policymakers who use research to make choices about how to use limited resources. Although we include NIJ's Multi-site Adult Drug Court Evaluation (MADCE) as an example of CBA in practice, this report is not just about using CBA in drug courts.

Details: Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice, 2014. 32p.

Source: Internet Resource: National Institute of Justice Research in Brief: Accessed November 25, 2014 at: https://ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/246769.pdf

Year: 2014

Country: United States

URL: https://ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/246769.pdf

Shelf Number: 134243

Keywords:
Cost-Benefit Analysis (U.S.)
Costs of Criminal Justice
Criminal Justice Policy
Drug Courts
Evidence-Based Practices
Problem-Solving Courts