U.S. Department of Justice

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  • 020527

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  • Published 2000.
  • 52 pages.

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Selection Bias in the Evaluation of Prison-Based Drug Treatment Programs

Publication year: 2000 | Cataloged on: Oct. 31, 2006
Thumbnail preview ANNOTATION: The "effectiveness of a within-prison substance abuse treatment program at improving specified post-release behaviors of those inmates who received treatment" is evaluated (p. 1). Sections of this report are: introduction; problem statement; findings regarding generic models, diagnostics, results, and the size of the treatment effect; and conclusions. The treated group has a rearrest rate of 31% compared to a rate of 38% for the untreated group.
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