DOI: 10.3886/icpsr30221
title: Criminal Justice Drug Abuse Treatment Studies (CJ-DATS): Step 'N Out, 2002-2006 [United States]
title: Archival Version

description: Step 'N Out is a research study designed to examine the potential of a new approach to address the re-entry needs of offenders who have substance abuse issues, one which integrates the systems of supervision and treatment.
The study is a randomized clinical trial which enrolls subjects who are new to supervision. Those who are in the treatment arm of the study meet with their probation officer weekly for 12 weeks, with every other meeting including a treatment counselor. The PO and counselor have been trained to use motivational interviewing and collaborative behavioral techniques to explore the client's personal issues and triggers that may hamper his/her successful re-entry into the community. The probation officer and counselor work with the client to establish weekly recovery and social goals in the form of a written contract that enables the client to take responsibility for their own actions and decisions. In addition, the variables in this study generally cover topics on drug use and testing; demographics and criminal background; treatment programs and sessions; and finally, relationships between clients and their parole/probation officers.
description: There are five main aims of the Collaborative Behavioral Management program. The first aim is to negotiate realistic goals and objectives for the period of supervision/treatment. The second aim is to gain better control over clients' behavior by setting clear expectations at the beginning of the intervention and applying consistent, quick, and appropriate consequences (either positive or negative) for evidence that the client is or is not meeting those expectations. The third aim is to "Catch People Doing Things Right." The fourth aim is to instill a sense of procedural justice and decrease the perception that the system is unfair. The fifth aim is to sustain behavior change beyond the period of reinforcement, that is, after the intervention is complete.
description: Datasets: 
DS0: Study-Level Files
DS1: Screener Data
DS2: Intake Data
DS3: Administrative Data on Arrests and Incarceration
DS4: Client Evaluation of Self and Treatment -- Intake Data
DS5: Client Evaluation of Self and Treatment -- Three Month Follow-up Data
DS6: Working Alliance Data
DS7: Program Rating -- Baseline Data
DS8: Program Rating -- Three Month Follow-up Data
DS9: Urine Drug Test Data
DS10: Three Month Urine Drug Test Data
DS11: Nine Month Urine Drug Test Data
DS12: Three Month Follow-up Data
DS13: Nine Month Follow-up Data
DS14: Nine Month Timeline Follow Back Data
DS15: Client Evaluation Data
DS16: Violations Data
DS17: Abstraction Data
description: Adults in prison and parole systems. Smallest Geographic Unit: institution
description: face-to-face interview; mixed mode; self-enumerated questionnaireSpecial Collaborators on this study include the following centers: Connecticut Research Center (Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services),
Mid-Atlantic Research Center (University of Delaware, Center for Drug and Alcohol Studies),
Pacific Coast Research Center (UCLA, Criminal Justice Research Group at Integrated Substance Abuse Programs), and
Virginia Commonwealth University.