NCJ Number
133424
Journal
Federal Prisons Journal Volume: 2 Issue: 3 Dated: special issue (Summer 1991) Pages: 32-40
Date Published
1991
Length
9 pages
Annotation
After a review of previous drug treatment programs within the Bureau of Prisons, this article outlines the major features of current program initiatives and reviews the research and evaluation component to raise policy-relevant questions that the program and its evaluation may help to answer.
Abstract
Bureau of Prisons current drug treatment program initiatives now include a drug abuse program coordinator in each institution and five types of programs in a new multidimensional approach: drug education programs, centralized drug abuse counseling services, comprehensive drug abuse treatment programs, pilot drug abuse treatment programs, and transitional services. The research plan for the program evaluation project incorporates three basic elements: the process evaluation will document actual service delivery; the outcome evaluation will consider questions about effectiveness; and cost-benefit analyses will address questions regarding the relationship between resources expended and various program outcomes. 2 tables and 8 references