NCJ Number: 155297
Title: Screening and Assessment for Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Among Adults in the Criminal Justice System
Author(s): J A Inciardi
Date Published: 1994
Page Count: 138
Sponsoring Agency: National Institute of Justice/
Contract Number: ADM 270-91-0007
Publication Number: (SMA) 94-2076
Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
Document: PDF
Type: Report (Technical Assistance)
Language: English
Country: United States of America
Annotation: Intended for use by criminal justice and drug treatment personnel, this document presents practical screening, assessment, and treatment planning procedures that can help improve care and treatment outcomes for criminal offenders with alcohol or drug abuse problems.
Abstract: The guidelines were developed through a consensus process involving individuals with broad experience in the field, including non-Federal clinical researchers, clinicians, program administrators, and patient advocates. The protocol is based on three principles: (1) that adult offenders should receive effective and appropriate care; (2) that adult offenders have a right to privacy; and (3) that screening and assessment must consider cultural, ethnic, and gender concerns. Individual chapters provide an overview of the criminal justice setting and the screening, assessment, and treatment planning that should occur there; treatment screening, needs assessment, and readiness for treatment; and assessments for treatment progress. They also explain the incorporation of special issues such as race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, physical disability, infectious disease risk and status, and history of abuse into the treatment plan and constitutionality, confidentiality, and ethics related to the rights of the offender. Appended treatment planning chart, screening and assessment instruments, descriptions of other assessment instruments, bibliography, and 5 references
Main Term(s): Drug treatment
Index Term(s): Alcoholics; Drug dependence; Drug offenders; Drug-abusing inmates; Psychological evaluation; Testing and measurement; Treatment offender matching
Note: Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) Series 7
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