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2012
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The Drug Data Warehouse: Linking Data on Drug Misusers and Drug-Misusing Offenders
Great Britain. Home Office (London, England).
The Drug Data Warehouse “provides a unique overview of drug misusers’ activity across the Criminal Justice System and drug treatment in a way which has not been done before. The Drug Data Warehouse is a resource to aid understanding of the complexity of drug misusers’ contact with services in turn informing their effective management. The report also presents findings from initial, descriptive analysis on levels of drug use of different groups of individuals within the Drug Data Warehouse as wel... Read More
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2 pages + 13 pages
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2010
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Evidence-Based Sentencing for Drug Offenders: An Analysis of Prognostic Risks and Criminogenic Needs
By Marlowe, Douglas B..
“A model of evidence-based sentencing is presented that attempts to match drug offenders to dispositions that optimally balance impacts on cost, public safety, and the welfare of the offender” (p. 169). This model may give your agency some ideas on what sentencing options work best for your offender population. Sections of this article are: introduction; dispositions for drug offenders—pre-trial diversion of administrative probation, probation without verdict, drug courts, intermediate punishmen... Read More
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35 pages
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2009
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Decades of Disparity: Drug Arrests and Race in the United States
By Fellner, Jamie.
Human Rights Watch (New York, NY).
The overrepresentation of minorities in the criminal justice system due to the "war on drugs" in the U.S. is established. This report contains these sections: overview; methodology; drug arrests for the U.S. overall from 1980-2007; drug arrests by state for 2006; possession versus sales; and conclusion. More than 80% of arrests were for drug possession, not sales. "Since blacks are more likely to be arrested than whites on drug charges, they are more likely to acquire the convictions that ultim... Read More
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18 p.
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2009
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The Changing Racial Dynamics of the War on Drugs
By Mauer, Marc.
The Sentencing Project (Washington, DC).
Factors behind the changes in drug offense convictions from 1999 to 2005, a 21.6% decrease for African-Americans and a 42.6% increase for whites, are investigated. Sections of this report are: overview; changing racial dynamics of incarceration for drug offenses; assessing the declining black population of drug offenses; factors contributing to the decline in African-American drug offense incarceration; the rising white proportion of drug offense prison terms; and conclusion.... Read More
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20 p.
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2009
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Interventions to Promote Successful Re-Entry Among Drug-Abusing Parolees [and] Response: Pathways to Recovery and Reintegration
By Prendergast, Michael L..
National Institute on Drug Abuse (Bethesda, MD)).
“This article reviews research findings on principles of effective correctional treatment and the interventions that have been shown to be effective with drug abusing parolees or that have been tested with general drug-abusing populations and shown promise for use with parolees” (p.1). Sections contained in this publication include: principles of effective correctional treatment; re-entry interventions for drug-abusing parolees—cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), case management, contingency man... Read More
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13 p.
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1997
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Intervention Strategies for Offenders with Co-Occurring Disorders: What Works?
By Peters, Roger H.; Hills, Holly A..
National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC); U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (Washington, DC); U..
University of Florida. Louis de la Porte Florida Mental Health Institute. Dept. of Mental Health Law and Policy (Tampa, FL).
Various models of intervention have been developed to address the needs of persons with co-occurring disorders. Therapeutic communities, 12-step programs, and cognitive-behavioral interventions that were designed initially to treat mental illness have been modified to address co-occurring substance abuse. This report highlights the need for additional monitoring of persons with co-occurring disorders who are under community supervision, and the importance of cross-training for supervision office... Read More
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56 p.
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