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152692  |
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| Title: |
Corrections-Based Continuum of Effective Drug Abuse Treatment |
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| Series: |
NIJ Research Preview |
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| Author(s): |
J A Inciardi |
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| Date Published: |
1996 |
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| Page Count: |
3 |
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| Sponsoring Agency: |
National Institute of Justice/NCJRS
Rockville, MD 20849 |
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| Sale Source: |
National Institute of Justice/NCJRS
Box 6000
Rockville, MD 20849
United States of America |
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| Document: |
PDF|Text |
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| Type: |
Program/Project Description |
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| Language: |
English |
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| Country: |
United States of America |
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| Annotation: |
Drug-involved offenders who participated in a continuum of drug treatment (prison-based treatment followed by treatment in a work-release center) had lower rates of drug use and recidivism than drug-involved offenders who participated in a shorter treatment program. |
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| Abstract: |
In 1987 Delaware established the Key, a prison-based treatment program for drug-involved offenders at a men's maximum-security prison. The Key is a therapeutic community, a self-contained treatment environment separated from the rest of the prison. The treatment model is based on the philosophy that drug abuse is a disorder of the whole person and that treatment should focus on building an offender's self-esteem and changing his values and attitudes. A post-release program was established at the Crest Outreach Center, a conventional work-release center. After release from the Key program, offenders enter the Crest Center for 6 months of treatment and job training in a therapeutic community setting. In 1992 researchers began conducting follow-up interviews with participants at 6 and 18 months after completion of the Key program. They also conducted urine and blood tests to check for drug use and exposure to HIV. The follow-up interviews involved four groups of offenders: a comparison group, which received no treatment; a Key group, which received only prison-based treatment; a Crest group, which received only treatment at the work-release center; and a Key-Crest group, which received treatment in both the Key and Crest programs. Findings show that at 18 months after release, drug offenders who received 12-15 months of treatment in prison followed by an additional 6 months of drug treatment and job training were more than twice as likely to be drug-free than offenders who received prison-based treatment alone. Offenders who received both forms of treatment were also more likely than offenders who received only prison-based treatment to be arrest- free 18 months after their release (71 percent compared to 48 percent). 1 table |
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| Main Term(s): |
Inmate drug treatment |
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| Index Term(s): |
Delaware; Post-release programs |
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| Note: |
National Institute of Justice Research Preview, June 1996. Research in Progress Seminar Series. VHS video of January 1995 NIJ Research in Progress session also available. |
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To cite this abstract, use the following link:
http://www.ncjrs.gov/App/publications/abstract.aspx?ID=152692 |
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