The Court Referral and Evaluation for Drug Intervention and Treatment programme (CREDIT) was developed by a small group of magistrates at the Melbourne Magistrates' Court who wished to address the high rate of re‐offending while on bail noted among illicit drug using offenders. An evaluation was conducted of the first 9 months' operation of the programme. The evaluation involved an analysis of key performance indicators (client uptake of CREDIT, retention in and satisfactory completion of treatment, the extent of re‐offending while on bail) and interviews with 30 key informants and six programme participants. Despite a lack of conclusive evidence regarding the efficacy of the programme according to the identified key performance indicators, key informant interviews revealed a high level of support for the continuation of the programme.
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