num_pages: 159
description: Recommends approaches to planning, implementing, &amp; managing correctional substance abuse programs. Several themes are there are effective treatment programs for offenders which counter the nothing works beliefs; security &amp; treatment should co-exist &amp; complement each there is a need for careful assessment &amp; proper placement of offenders in the most helpful programs; systematic approaches &amp; linkages should be established to provide a continuum of info. &amp; services; &amp; a variety of accountability &amp; evaluation procedures &amp; criteria should be used to measure the success of programs.
language: English
title: Intervening With Substance-abusing Offenders: A Framework For Action: The Report Of The National Task Force On Correctional Substance Abuse Strategies
titlecomplete: Intervening With Substance-abusing Offenders: A Framework For Action: The Report Of The National Task Force On Correctional Substance Abuse Strategies
publisher: Diane Pub Co