Treatment for offenders involved in domestic violence or substance abuse is featured. The first paper provides an overview of the privatization of the treatment of criminal offenders, including the pros and cons of such privatization and the importance of accountability in the provision of contract services. Another paper identifies the social and psychological variables characteristic of male spouse abusers and draws implications for treatment, followed by the report of a study of the risk factors for future spouse abuse. The presentation of an outpatient treatment model for abusive parents features a model that teaches parenting skills that abusing parents lack due to deficits in their own childhood development. Another paper reviews the treatment needs of dual diagnosed, substance abusing, and mentally ill mothers and suggests treatment strategies and programmatic options for serving the needs of these mothers and their children. Other papers address the link between drug use and felony crime, outpatient treatment for substance-abusing offenders, alcohol education as an alternative to custodial sentencing, the management of the mentally disordered jail inmate, and outpatient treatment for the sexually motivated murderer and potential murderer. Chapter references. For individual papers, see NCJ 126045-54.