The Impact of Drug Treatment and Testing Orders on Offending: Two-Year Conviction Results

Drug Treatment and Testing Orders (DTTOs) were introduced as a new community sentence under the Crime and Disorder Act 1998. They were designed as a response to the growing evidence of links between problem drug use and persistent acquisitive offending. The order was originally piloted at three sites – in Croydon, Gloucestershire and Liverpool – over an 18-month period, beginning in late 1998. This report summarises the impact of the order on reconviction rates two years after the start of the order.