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The Effect of Drug Use, Drug Treatment Participation, and Treatment Completion on Probationer Recidivism
Publication year:
2006
| Cataloged on:
Feb. 12, 2008
ANNOTATION: The recidivism experienced by those probationers that did not finish drug treatment is examined. Sections following an abstract include: introduction; drug use, drug treatment, and probationer recidivism; method; results according to sample characteristics, the effect of drug use on the likelihood and timing of recidivism, need for treatment, treatment provision, treatment completion, and recidivism, and predictors of treatment failure; and conclusions. "The results suggest that drug treatment can deter but only if participants are able to complete the full course of treatment" (p. 13).