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bar chart showing the number of specialty courts by major type of court from 2009 to 2024

Data Source: "National Treatment Court Resource Center's Painting the Current Picture 2025 (2009-2019 data) and Treatment Courts Across the United States (2024 data)". (Graph: Leah Wang, 2026)

This graph originally appeared in Specialty courts: A disappointing form of diversion.

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