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2012
Alternative Sentencing Policies for Drug Offenders: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Kansas Senate Bill 123, Executive Summary [and] Final Report
The impact of the first five years of “mandatory community-based supervision and substance abuse treatment for [nonviolent] individuals convicted of a first or second offense of simple drug possession” on recidivism rates and prison populations is as... Read More
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2010
Evidence-Based Sentencing for Drug Offenders: An Analysis of Prognostic Risks and Criminogenic Needs
“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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2010
Reentry of Methamphetamine-Using Offenders into the Community: Identifying Key Strategies and Best Practices for Community Corrections
If you or your agency is reintegrating ex-offenders that used methamphetamines (MA) into the community, you own it to yourselves to read this publication. “The purpose of this report is to highlight the need for a coherent strategy for community corr... Read More
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2009
Effects of Drug Substitution Programs on Offending Among Drug-Addicts
"This systematic review is aimed at gaining an overall picture on the respective effects of prescription of methadone vs. heroin and other substances" (p. 5). Sections following an executive summary/abstract include: background of the review; review... Read More
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1991 NIC Publication
Intervening with Substance-Abusing Offenders: A Framework for Action
Effective, documented strategies for controlling contraband in institutions, monitoring substance abuse behavior, and therapeutic or educational intervention do exist. This document discusses six major goals for substance abuse programming. They incl... Read More
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1991 NIC Publication
Intervening with Substance-Abusing Offenders: A Framework for Action: Executive Summary
A brief discussion is provided of the six major goals suggested by the National Task Force on Correctional Substance Abuse Strategies for substance abuse programming.... Read More
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