DOI: 10.3886/icpsr02589
title: Evaluation of the Impact of System-Wide Drug Testing in Multnomah County, Oregon, 1991-1992
title: Archival Version

description: The Multnomah County Drug Testing and Evaluation (DTE)
 program was established to help clients rid themselves of drug abusing
 behavior. To that end, the DTE program provided random, weekly drug
 tests to all clients in the program. These urinalysis tests allowed
 DTE to monitor each client's compliance with release conditions and
 progress in treatment programs, and to intervene appropriately when a
 client showed signs of a drug abuse problem. The DTE program
 supplemented drug testing with client drug evaluations and treatment
 recommendations, which were provided to the client's probation officer
 or case manager. This study was a program evaluation of two of DTE's
 divisions: the Pretrial Release Supervision Program (PRSP) and the
 probation and parole program. The pretrial division was chosen because
 it was the first opportunity for the criminal justice system to
 supervise and control the drug use of potential DTE clients. The
 probation and parole program was selected for three reasons: it was
 the largest component of the DTE program, it linked the pretrial and
 post-sentence DTE programs, and the experience of this program could
 be readily applied to the development of other such programs in other
 jurisdictions. The programs were evaluated using administrative data
 collected by corrections technicians, case managers, probation and
 parole officers, and the DTE central office. Part 1 (Pretrial Data)
 variables include dates of entry into and exit from the program,
 number of drug tests, number of positive tests for various drugs, type
 of offense and arrest date for each offense, and need assessment
 rating for medical, employment, legal, family, psychological, and drug
 addiction problems. Part 2 (Probation and Parole Data) variables
 include a probation or parole indicator, prior drug arrests, prior
 non-drug arrests, prior convictions, technical violations, drug use,
 and new drug crimes committed during the program. Demographic
variables for both files include age, race, and gender.
description: The Multnomah County Drug Testing and Evaluation
 (DTE) program was intended to help clients rid themselves of drug
 abusing behavior. To that end, the DTE program provided random, weekly
 drug tests to all clients in the program. These drug tests allowed DTE
 to monitor each client's compliance with release conditions and
 progress in treatment programs, and to intervene appropriately when a
 client showed signs of a drug abuse problem. The DTE program
 supplemented drug testing with client drug evaluations and treatment
 recommendations, which were provided to the client's probation officer
 or case manager. This study was a program evaluation of two of DTE's
 divisions: the Pretrial Release Supervision Program (PRSP) and the
 probation and parole program. The process evaluation considered seven
 distinct components of each program: (1) recruitment of clients, (2)
 drug testing of clients, (3) adjunct client processing, (4)
 sanctioning and rewarding of clients, (5) client termination or
 continuation, (6) data communication, storage, and recording among
 program participants, and (7) linkage of the program to other DTE
programs.
description: This study was a process evaluation of two of
 DTE's divisions: the Pretrial Release Supervision Program (PRSP) and
 the probation and parole program. The pretrial division was chosen
 because it was the first opportunity the criminal justice system had
 to supervise and control the drug use of potential DTE clients. The
 probation and parole program was selected for three reasons: it was
 the largest component of the DTE program, it linked the pretrial and
 post-sentence DTE programs, and the experience of this program could
 be readily applied to the development of other such programs in other
 jurisdictions. The programs were evaluated using administrative data
 collected by corrections technicians, case managers, probation and
parole officers, and the DTE central office.
description: Part 1 (Pretrial Data) variables include dates of
 entry into and exit from the program, number of drug tests, number of
 positive tests for various drugs, type of offense and arrest date for
 each offense, and need assessment rating for medical, employment,
 legal, family, psychological, and drug addiction problems. Part 2
 (Probation and Parole Data) variables include a probation or parole
 indicator, prior drug arrests, prior non-drug arrests, prior
 convictions, technical violations, drug use, and new drug crimes
 committed during the program. Demographic variables for both files
include age, race, and gender.
description: Response Rates: Not applicable
description: Presence of Common Scales: None
description: Offenders were assigned to treatment or control groups by
case managers.
description: Datasets: 
DS0: Study-Level Files
DS1: Pretrial Data
DS2: Probation and Parole Data
description: All offenders eligible for inclusion in the pretrial or
 probation and parole Drug Testing and Evaluation (DTE) programs in
Multnomah County, Oregon from January 1991 through October 1992.