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Drug Treatment Behind Bars Prison-Based Strategies for Change

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Kevin E. Early

Forewords by Ronald L. Akers and James A. Inciardi

Book Code: C4943

ISBN: 0-275-94943-5

ISBN-13: 978-0-275-94943-3

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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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