The National Criminal Justice Treatment Practices survey: an overview of the special issue.

摘要

The information problem:Drug courts, therapeutic community treatment programs in prison, postrelease, outpatient aftercare services, and case management linking offenders to outpatient drug treatment in the community are notable innovative advancements in correctional programming involving addiction treatment. Although these drug abuse treatment interventions are now widely accepted as core elements of crime control strategy, we are unsure of how many correctional agencies perform such practices, or how many of the nearly 8 million adults and > 700,000 juveniles involved in the justice system receive such interventions. Assumptions are commonly made about the extent of programming available to offenders, particularly addiction treatment services. Without adequate information, it is difficult, if not impossible, to develop and implement sound programming that meets the needs of the population and serves greater public health and safety goals.