Recovery-Oriented Care for Drug Abusing Offenders

Recovery-Oriented Care for Drug-Abusing Offenders

As described by the authors, a recovery-oriented system of care for drug-abusing criminal offenders is one that provides for continuity of treatment, using evidence-based interventions at every stage as clients progress through the justice system. Treatment Alternatives for Safe Communities of Illinois has partnered with criminal justice and treatment programs to establish a basic recovery-orie...

The Effectiveness of Coerced Treatment for Drug- Abusing Offenders

The Kentucky Re - Entry Guidelines for Drug - Abusing Offenders

Theperiod surrounding release from prison is a critical time for parolees, bearing the potential for a drug-free and crimefree life in the community but also high risks for recidivism and relapse to drugs. The authors describe two projects. The first illustrates the use of a formal Delphi process to elicit and combine the expertise of treatment providers, researchers, corrections personnel, and...

Treatment Programs for Drug-Abusing Women

What is known about drug treatment effectiveness is based primarily on studies involving men. Little is know about treatment effectiveness for women, particularly pregnant women. Available research and clinical evidence demonstrate that some types of drug treatment can have positive effects in such areas as drug use, employability, and criminal behavior. Drug treatment modalities include reside...

“Recovery Came First”: Desistance versus Recovery in the Criminal Careers of Drug-Using Offenders

The aim of our paper is to gain insight in the desistance process of drug-using offenders. We explore the components of change in the desistance process of drug-using offenders by using the cognitive transformation theory of Giordano et al. as a theoretical framework. The desistance process of drug-using offenders entails a two-fold process: desistance of criminal offending and recovery. The re...