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NCJ Number: 186804 Add to Shopping cart Find in a Library
Title: Services Research Outcome Study: Overview of Drug Treatment Population and Outcomes
Journal: Substance Use and Misuse: An International Interdisciplinary Forum  Volume:35  Issue:12-14  Dated:2000  Pages:1849-1877
Author(s): Sam Schildhaus Ph.D.; Dean Gerstein Ph.D.; Angela Brittingham M.A.; Felicia Cerbone M.A.; Bernard Dugoni Ph.D.
Date Published: 2000
Annotation: This study examined a representative sample of the 1,060,000 individuals discharged from drug user treatment in the United States in the 12 months before September 1990 and compared self-reports of behavior 5 years before to 5 years after treatment.
Abstract: Self-reports about recent drug use were compared with urine samples, and the agreement between self-report and drug-test results was high. The key findings are that the number of alcohol and drug users declined markedly, ranging from one-seventh to more than one-half; those who continued using drugs after treatment used them less frequently than before treatment; criminal behavior declined between one-quarter to one-half, and primary criminal support fell by one-third; full-time employment did not change; homelessness, drug injection, and suicide attempts decreased by more than one-third. National estimates based on the findings suggest that there were 156,000 fewer users of any illicit drug in the 5 years after treatment compared with 5 years before treatment. Regarding crime reduction, there were 31,000 fewer cases of prostitution/procurement in the 5 years after treatment compared to the 5 years before treatment; and there were 34,000 fewer cases of fraud/forgery in the 5 years after treatment; 96,000 fewer cases of theft/larceny in the 5 years after treatment; 50,000 fewer cases of breaking and entering in the 5 years after treatment; and 28,000 fewer cases of threat/attack in the 5 years after treatment. 7 tables, 5 figures, 13 notes, and 25 references
Main Term(s): Drug treatment
Index Term(s): Drug offenders; Drug Related Crime; Effectiveness of crime prevention programs; Treatment effectiveness
Contract Number: 283-91-8321
Sponsoring Agency: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Admin (SAMHSA)
Rockville, MD 20857
Publisher: http://www.dekker.com 
Page Count: 29
Format: Article
Type: Report (Study/Research)
Language: English
Country: United States of America
Note: From a Special Issue on Program Quality in Substance Dependency Treatment -- See NCJ-186794.
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