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The Court Analysis Reporting Environment (CARE) is a tool intended to provide case managers, drug court administrators, and evaluators with the ability to describe or compare groups of individuals who were either screened for or admitted to drug court. This tool can be thought of as the eyes that allow case managers, drug court administrators, and evaluators to see the characteristics of those who are successful in drug court and the characteristics of those who are not successful. CARE also provides the ability to determine the similarities and differences between those who are admitted to drug court and those who are rejected.
CARE is essential to understanding the effectiveness of a drug court. In essence, the tools provided by the CARE allow case managers, court administrators, and evaluators to interact with the data collected in the DCCMIS and to ask a nearly unlimited number of questions. Examples of these questions include:
- Are females admitted to drug court more often than males?
- Are older offenders admitted to drug court more often than younger offenders?
- Do African American females successfully complete drug court more often than African American males?
- Are females whose drug of choice is cocaine more successful than females whose drug of choice is heroin?
Without the Data Analysis Component, case managers, court administrators, and evaluators could not answer important questions such as these and thus would be unable to see important areas where the drug court is successful or areas where improvement is needed. |
