Therapeutic Justice and Addicted Parents : A Family Treatment Court Evaluation

McMillan provides insight into the treatment team processes and parent/family outcomes for a family treatment court. She examines therapeutic justice through the lens of Sampson and Laub's Life Course theory. This study found that family treatment can serve as a structural turning point that intersects with a life trajectory spiraling down into more severe and destructive drug use, and redirect parents' life trajectory towards sobriety and family reunification. The research revealed that 86% of graduates were reunited with their children, versus 22% of the comparison group.