-----Original Message----- From: Therapeutic Communities [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Robbie Sent: Thursday, 30 October 2008 1:30 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [EFTC] They do in Australia most, TCs in QLD, NSW and Victoria are funded to take a certain amount of clients robbie -----Original Message----- From: Therapeutic Communities [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Rowdy Yates Sent: Thursday, 30 October 2008 2:15 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [EFTC] This is one about a woman in Idaho being sentenced to a term of imprisonment with the judge recommending that she undergoes treatment in a TC whilst inside: http://www.idahopress.com/news/?id=15538 I actually get a lot of these. I don't normally post them because their news value is pretty limited. But if there are list members who are particularly interested in this area, please let me know. What does strike me now that I think about it is that I've never seen one where the defendant was in a Drug Court. Perhaps Drug Courts don't use TCs. They certainly don't in the UK do list members have any information about the relationship between drug courts and TCs in other countries? I'd be particularly interested in any information from the USA. Rowdy Yates Senior Research Fellow Scottish Addiction Studies Dept. of Applied Social Science University of Stirling Scotland T: +44 (0) 1786-467737 F: +44 (0) 1786-466299 W: http://www.dass.stir.ac.uk/sections/showsection.php?id=4 (home) W: http://www.drugslibrary.stir.ac.uk/ (online library) -- Academic Excellence at the Heart of Scotland. The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.