The effectiveness of treatment for drug abusers under criminal justice supervision /

The effectiveness of treatment for drug abusers under criminal justice supervision /

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Author / Creator:	Lipton, Douglas S.
Imprint:	Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice, [1995]
Description:	64 pages ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Research report / National Institute of Justice Research report (National Institute of Justice (U.S.))
Subject:	Prisoners -- Drug use -- United States. Drug abuse -- Treatment -- United States. Drug addicts -- Rehabilitation -- United States. Drug abuse and crime -- United States.
Format:	E-Resource U.S. Federal Government Document Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12552991

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Other authors / contributors:	National Institute of Justice (U.S.)
Notes:	"Presentation at the 1995 conference on criminal justice research and evaluation." "November 1995." Includes bibliographical references (pages 56-64). Available via Internet. Address as of 3/4/08: http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles/drugsupr.pdf; current access available via PURL.
Summary:	The proportion of people in the criminal justice system who are substance abusers is very high and has grown larger in recent years. Rehabilitation and treatment offered to prison inmates has had a checkered history in this country, however. This paper interweaves a number of themes related to these facts: the relationship of drugs to crime, the current overcrowded situation in correctional facilities, and state-of-the-art treatment approaches used with substance-abusing offenders who are in custody. The paper presents the findings of studies that have demonstrated that in-custody treatment, particularly the therapeutic community (TC) model, can be effective in preventing rearrest and in other outcomes. Moreover, with this approach, successful outcomes are positively related to the amount of time spent in treatment. Several successful projects - notably Stay'n Out, Cornerstone, Amity Prison TC, Key-Crest, KEEP, and TASC - are highlighted. The CDATE project, a 25-year update of the author's study of the effectiveness of correctional treatment, is also described.
GPO item no.:	0718-A-03 0718-A-03 (online)
Govt.docs classification:	J 28.24/3:D 84/5