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Drug Treatment Behind Bars Prison-Based Strategies for Change
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Forewords by Ronald L. Akers and James A. Inciardi
Book Code: C4943
ISBN: 0-275-94943-5
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-94943-3
192 pages, figures, tables
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 8/30/1996
List Price: $110.95 (UK Sterling Price: £65.00)
Availability: Print on demand
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Description: In the last 15 years, the prison population in the U.S. increased by more than 188 percent. The increase has been fueled largely by increases in the number of individuals convicted of drug-related offenses. These offenders constitute a disproportionate number of recidivists who, in turn, are responsible for a relatively large proportion of criminal activity in our society. The vast majority of these offenders were arrested for committing violent crimes, and most of the offenders are poor, unemployed, uneducated, come from dysfunctional families, and are African-American. Contrary to public opinion, many of these offenders are tired of their "revolving door" relationship with the police, courts, and correctional institutions. However, without appropriate social and therapeutic support, there is little hope of altering their behavior. This volume seeks to address specific issues relevant to prisons in America and includes contributions by practitioners in the field of prison-based drug treatment and therapy programs. The work is an important contribution to the literature examining the extent to which rehabilitation (i.e., prison-based drug treatment programs) has effectively reduced recidivism, drug relapse, and violent crime in our society.
Table of Contents:
  • Illustrations
  • Foreword by Ronald L. Akers
  • Foreword by James A. Inciardi
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction by Kevin E. Early
  • Growth-Centered Intervention: An Overview of Changes in Recent Decades by Ted Palmer
  • Assessment, Client Treatment Matching, and Managing the Substance Abusing Offender by Gerald L. Vigdal and Donald W. Stadler
  • Therapeutic Communities in Prisons: Dealing with Toxic Waste by Rod Mullen
  • The Therapeutic Community: An Effective Model for Corrections-Based Drug Abuse Treatment by James A. Inciardi
  • Essential Elements of the Effective Therapeutic Community in the Correctional Institution: A Director's Account by Steven F. Singer
  • Drug Abuse Treatment in the Federal Bureau of Prisons: An Historical Review and Assessment of Contemporary Initiatives by Donald W. Murray, Jr.
  • Prison Treatment for Substance Abusers: Stay 'N Out Revisited by Harry K. Wexler, Ronald A. Williams, Kevin E. Early, and Carlton D. Trotman
  • Evaluation of Prison Substance Abuse Treatment Programs: Outcome Studies and Methodology by Harry K. Wexler
  • Changing the Paradigm about Youth Violence and Drug Abuse by Rod Mullen and Naya Arbiter
  • Final Note
  • Biographical Sketches
  • Index
LC Card Number: 95-52999
LCC Class: HV8836
Dewey Class: 365
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