RANT™ and RANT-Plus™ derive from years of systematic research by TRI scientists and other national experts investigating the critical elements of specialized programs for drug offenders and determining which types of drug offenders are best suited for which types of programs. Research findings that figured most prominently in the development of RANT are discussed in the following peer-reviewed journal articles:

Marlowe, D. B, Festinger, D. S., Arabia, P. L., Dugosh, K. L., Benasutti, K. M., Croft, J. R. (2009). Adaptive Interventions May Optimize Outcomes in Drug Courts: A Pilot Study. Current Psychiatry Reports, 11, 370 – 376

Marlowe, D. B., Festinger, D. S., Arabia, P. A., Dugosh, K. L., Benasutti, K. M., Croft, J. R. & McKay, J. R. (2008). Adaptive Interventions in Drug Court: A Pilot Experiment. Criminal Justice Review, 33(3), 343-360.

Marlowe, D. B., Festinger, D. S., Dugosh, K. L., Lee, P. A., & Benasutti, K. M. (2007). Adapting judicial supervision to the risk level of drug offenders: Discharge and six-month outcomes from a prospective matching study. Drug & Alcohol Dependence, 88S, 4-13.

Marlowe, D. B., Festinger, D. S., Lee, P. A., Dugosh, K. L., & Benasutti, K. M. (2006). Matching judicial supervision to clients’ risk status in drug court. Crime & Delinquency, 52, 52-76.

DeMatteo, D. S., Marlowe, D. B., & Festinger, D. S. (2006). Secondary prevention services for clients who are low risk in drug court: A conceptual model. Crime & Delinquency, 52, 114-134.

Marlowe, D. B. (2003). Integrating substance abuse treatment and criminal justice supervision. NIDA Science & Practice Perspectives, 2(1), 4-14.

Marlowe, D. B., Patapis, N. S., & DeMatteo, D. S. (2003). Amenability to treatment of drug offenders. Federal Probation, 67, 40-46.

Marlowe, D. B. (2002). Effective strategies for intervening with drug abusing offenders. Villanova Law Review, 47, 989-1025.

Festinger, D.S., Marlowe, D.B., Lee, P.A., Kirby, K.C., Bovasso, G., & McLellan, A.T., (2002). Status hearings in drug court: When more is less and less is more. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 68,151-157.

Taxman, F. S., & Marlowe, D. B. (Eds.) (2006). Risk, needs, responsivity: In action or inaction? [Special Issue]. Crime & Delinquency, 52(1).