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2011
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This guide “is designed to be a reliable resource on the most popularly abused drugs. This publication delivers clear, scientific information about drugs in a factual, straightforward way, combined with scores of precise photographs shot to scale” (p... Read More
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2010
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“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 w... Read More
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2009
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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 s... Read More
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2009
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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 ... Read More
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2009
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“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 p... Read More
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2008
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Arrest patterns due to the "war on drugs" in 43 of the largest U.S. cities between 1980 and 2003 are examined. Sections comprising this document are: introduction; the birth and expansion of the "war on drugs"; the "war on drugs" in the African Amer... Read More
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2008
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Sentencing disparities, particularly those faced by African Americans, resulting from the "war on drugs" in the U.S., are documented. This report contains the following sections: introduction; recommendations; background -- the war on drugs and the ... Read More
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1997
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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 hav... Read More
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