REFERENCES
- Anderson, N.L.R., Calvillo, E.R., & Fongwa, M.N. (2007). Community-based approaches to strengthen cultural competency in nursing. Education and Practice Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 18, 49S–59S.
- Baker, C., Norton, S., Young, P., & Ward, S. (1998). An exploration of methodological pluralism in nursing research. Research in Nursing and in Health, 21, 545–555.
- Barnoski, R., & Aos, S. (2003, March). Washington State's drug courts for adult defendants: Outcome evaluation and cost-benefit analysis. Olympia, WA: Washington State Institute for Public Policy.
- Belenko, S. (1998). Research on drug courts: A critical review. National Drug Court Institute Review, 1(1), 10–55.
- Belenko, S. (2001, June). Research on drug courts: A critical review 2001 update. New York: The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University.
- Cooper, C.S., Franklin, B., & Mease, T. (2010, April). Establishing drug treatment courts: Strategies, experiences and preliminary outcomes. Volume one: Overview and survey results. (http://www.oas.org/documents/eng/press/Publication_drug_courts_volumen_I.pdf).
- Diekelmann, N. & Magnussen Ironside, P. (2006). Hermeneutics. In J. Fitzpatrick (Ed.), Encyclopedia of nursing research (pp. 260–262). New York: Springer.
- Gottfredson, D.C., Najaka, S., Kearley, B., & Rocha, C.M. (2006). Long-term effects of participation in the Baltimore City drug treatment court: Results from an experimental study. Journal of Experimental Criminology, 2(1), 67–98.
- Harrell, A., Cavanaugh, S., & Roman, J. (1998). Findings from the evaluation of the D.C. superior court drug intervention program. Final report. Washington, D.C.: The Urban Institute.
- Israel, B. A., Eng, E., Schultz, A. J., & Parker, E. A. (Eds.). (2005). Methods in community-based participatory research for health. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
- Lowenkamp, C.T., Holsinger, A.M., & Latessa, E.J. (2005). Are drug courts effective: A meta-analytic review. Journal of Community Corrections, 15(4), 5–10, 28.
- Minkler, M. & Wallerstein, N. (Eds.). (2003). Community based participatory research for health. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
- National Association of Drug Court Professionals (1997). Defining drug court: The key components. Washington, D.C.: Drug Court Program Office, Office of Justice Programs.
- Polkinghorne, D. E. (2004). Practice and the human sciences: The case for a judgment-based practice of care. Albany, New York: State University of New York Press.
- Roll, J. M., Prendergast, M., Richardson, K. Burdon, W., & Ramirez, A. (2005). Identifying predictors of treatment outcome in a drug court program. The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 31, 641–656.
- U.S. Bureau of Justice Assistance. (May, 2008). Painting the current picture: A national report card on drug courts and other problem-solving court programs in the United States, Vol. II, No. 1. Washington, D.C.: National Drug Court Institute.
- U.S. Government Accounting Office (2005). Adult drug courts: Evidence indicates recidivism reductions and mixed results for other outcomes [No. GAO-05-219]. Washington, D.C.
- Vandermause, R. (2008). The poiesis of the question in philosophical hermeneutics: Questioning assessment practices for alcohol use disorders. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being, 3(2), 68– 76.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management, 2009. Washington state data book. Olympia, WA: Department of Finances.
- Wilson, D.B., Mitchell, O., & MacKenzie, D.L. (2006). A systematic review of drug court effects on recidivism. Journal of Experimental Criminology, 2, 459–487.
- Wolfer, L. (2006). Graduates speak: A qualitative exploration of drug court graduates’ views of the strengths and weaknesses of the program. Contemporary Drug Problems, 33, 303–320.
- Zimmerman, S., Tilly, J., Cohen, L., & Love, K. (2009). A manual for community-based participatory research: Using research to improve practice and inform policy in assisted living, June 15, 2009. Online at: http://www.theceal.org/reports.php.