83. Continuity of Offender Treatment: Institution to the Community
URL - http://www.ncjrs.org/ondcppubs/treat/consensus/field.pdf
Prepared at the Request of the Office of National Drug Policy
By Gary Field, Ph.D., Administrator, Counseling and Treatment Services, Correctional Programs Division, Oregon Department of Corrections
February 1998
There are some institution pre-release models that work (Therapeutic communities), and there are some community models that work (intensive supervision with treatment). However, more attention is needed in the transitional process from institution to reentry in the community. When offenders return, community care needs to exist in order for the offenders to be able to act out important gains, knowledge, attitudes, and appropriate behavior they have learned during incarceration but at the present time, the care os inadequate or non-existent.
84. Effectiveness of Coerced Treatment for Drug-Abusing Offenders
URL - http://www.ncjrs.org/ondcppubs/treat/consensus/anglin.pdf
M. Douglas Anglin, Michael Prendergast, David Farabee
UCLA Drug Abuse Research Center , Los Angeles , California
Abstract
This paper presents an abbreviated survey of the substance abuse treatment literature regarding the effectiveness of various levels of coercion. The review provides overall support for the dictum that legally referred clients do as well or better than voluntary clients in and after treatment. However, our review also reveals some divergence in findings which we consider equally illuminating. We propose that the majority of the variation in coerced treatment outcomes is due to (1) inconsistent terminologies for referral status, (2) neglected emphasis on internal motivation, and (3) infidelity in program implementation. The paper concludes with specific recommendations to improve upon the relative success of current coerced treatment strategies.
117. Correctional Treatment: An Effective Model for Change
URL - http://www.ncjrs.org/ondcppubs/treat/consensus/early.pdf
Abstract
The growth of our nation’s prison and jail population in the last decade has been dramatic.
Drugs and the problems they cause have overwhelmed the criminal justice system. Increases in the
number of individuals convicted of drug-related crimes and violence have jammed the courts and filled
correctional institutions beyond capacity. The fact that these offenders constitute a disproportionate
number of recidivists who, in turn, are responsible for a relatively large amount of criminal activity
within our society makes the need for effective prison drug treatment programs a criminal justice
118. Measurement and Analysis of Drug Problems and Drug Control Efforts
URL - http://www.ncjrs.org/criminal_justice2000/vol_4/04h.pdf
Introduction of article- Drug problems are complex, and determining the best combination of drug control interventions is not always intuitive. Hence, there is a need for rigorous, even quantitative analysis of their effectiveness. This essay is a progress report on the state of the still-developing art of quantitative analysis of the effectiveness of drug control interventions
126. Promising Strategies to Reduce Substance Abuse
URL - http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/docs/psrsa.txt
September 2000 Author: Oaag
A report published on drugs and crime, drug abuse prevention and education, and crime prevention
127. Evaluation of Two Models of Treating Sentenced Federal Drug Offenders in the Community
URL - http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/nij/grants/179976.pdf
December 28, 1999 Authors: James Austin, Barbie Robinson, Bill Elms, and Luiza Chan
Executive Summary:
Understanding the relationships between drug use and crime has neen an important step towards identifying effective interventions to reduce the number of drug offenders entering the correctional system, as well as providing a potentially critical key in helping to reduce the rate of recidivism for ex-offenders. A number of innovative programs such as intensive supervision, boot camps, residential therapeutic communities a\rid acupuncture services have been identified as some of the most effective programs. However, there is very little empirical evidence indicating the most effective ways to design these programs. Moreover, there is very little information about how these programs should be developed for drug offdenders with specific types of drug use and criminal history profiles.
132. Reducing Recidivism Through A Seamless System of Care: Components of Effective Treatment, Supervision, and Transition Services in the Community
URL - http://www.ncjrs.org/ondcppubs/treat/consensus/taxman.pdf
February 20, 1998
Prepared by Faye S. Taxman
This is a report on reducing recidivism through treatment, supervision, and transition services in the community.
“ This paper presents a systemic case management model of substance abuse treatment, testing, and sanctions for offenders implemented as part of the Washington/Baltimore High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (W/B HIDTA) project sponsored by the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP). The focus of this effort is to reduce recidivism and drug consumption among hard-core users of drugs, or offenders. This paper has four purposes: 1) to provide an overview of treatment as a crime control measure; 2) to present the typical barriers to offenders receiving treatment; 3) to identify core components of the W/B HIDTA seamless system of care, particularly for transition services; and 4) to identify the core principles of successful treatment and transition interventions. ”
223. Trends in Substance Abuse and Treatment Needs Among Inmates, Final Reports
URL - http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/nij/grants/197073.pdf
October 25, 2002
By: Hartley and Marks Publishers Inc.
Introduction
Substance abuse and the enforcement of anti-drug laws have fundamentally affected the growth of America ’s prisons and jails over the past 20 years and the types of inmates they house. Using data from the most recent national surveys of prison and jail inmates sponsored by the U.S Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics, this report presents a comprehensive analysis of the substance use patterns of inmates and the relationship between substance abuse and the growth in the inmate population. Updating and expanding our analyses of earlier national inmate survey data’, this report explores the relationship between type and intensity of substance abuse and other health and social problems, analyzes the current access to treatment and other services, and makes estimates of the need for different types of treatment services in correctional systems.
240. The Effectiveness of Treatment for Drug Abusers Under Criminal Justice Supervision
URL - http://www.ncjrs.org/txtfiles/drugsupr.txt
November 1995
By Douglas Lipton
This paper is an adaptation of the presentation Dr. Lipton made on July 11, 1995 , at "What To Do About Crime," the annual conference on research and evaluation, sponsored by the National Institute of Justice, the Bureau of Justice Assistance, and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and held in Washington , D.C.
242. Case Management Reduces Drug Use and Criminality Among Drug-Involved Arrestees: An Experimental Study of an HIV Prevention Intervention
URL - http://www.ncjrs.org/txtfiles/155281.txt
March 1997
Forward
This report reflects an important linkage of both NIJ’s and NIDA’s interests in integrating critical public safety and public health approaches in working with drug-involved arrestees. The drug- crime nexus has joined NIDA and NIJ in a number of projects in the past, and our longstanding association has served as the foundation for current efforts to develop mutual research priorities in the area of drug-involved offenders. The study presented here amply demonstrates the wisdom and utility of such collaborative efforts, and we will continue to pursue them. We also would encourage further study of the approach explored here. The association of injection drug use with a considerable proportion of AIDS cases and HIV infections, and the promise held by the case management approach, make it imperative that such research be conducted and supported.
246. Treatment Protocol Effectiveness Study
URL - http://www.ncjrs.org/txtfiles/trmtprot.txt
This is the draft of the item above in #245.
273. Drug Treatment in the Criminal Justice System
URL - http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/publications/pdf/94406.pdf
March 2001
The ONDCP Drug Policy Information Clearinghouse-Fact Sheet
As part of ongoing research, the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Drug Policy Information Clearinghouse has prepared this fact sheet to summarize correctional system statistics, research, and drug treatment information, as well as information regarding ongoing projects addressing drug abuse treatment in the criminal justice system.
