Treating Substance Abusers in Correctional Contexts - New Understandings, New Modalities

Informationen zum Autor Nathaniel J. Pallone, PhD, Editor of the Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, is University Distinguished Professor (Psychology), Center of Alcohol Studies, Rutgers University, where he previously served as dean and as academic vice president. Klappentext Analyzes the shift in policy and attitude away from two decades of the harsh punishment that characterized the war on drugs toward a more treatment-oriented 'medicalization' of the problem. Zusammenfassung Analyzes the shift in policy and attitude away from two decades of the harsh punishment that characterized the war on drugs toward a more treatment-oriented 'medicalization' of the problem. Inhaltsverzeichnis Editors Foreword: Watching History Unfold! Again?or: Back to the Future? To Punish or to Treat: Substance Abuse Within the Context of Oscillating Attitudes Toward Correctional Rehabilitation Perceptions of a Prison-Based Substance Abuse Treatment Program Among Some Staff and Participants Illicit Drug and Injecting Equipment Markets Inside English Prisons: A Qualitative Study Multiple Measures of Outcome in Assessing a Prison-Based Drug Treatment Program Differential Impact of Deterrence vs. Rehabilitation as Drug Interventions on Recidivism After 36 Months Criminal Violence and Drug Use: An Exploratory Study Among Substance Abusers in Residential Treatment RSAT Programs for Young Offenders in California: A Descriptive Study Predicting Retention of Drug Court Participants Using Event History Analysis Treating Substance Abuse Offenders in the Southwestern United States: A Report Evaluating the Long-Term Effectiveness of the Yuma County Adult Drug Court Factors in Successful Relapse Prevention Among Hong Kong Drug Addicts A Crack Kid Grows Up: A Clinical Case Report Index of Names and Topics Reference Notes Included

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• Authors: Letitia C Pallone, Letitia C. Pallone, Nathaniel J. Pallone, Pallone Nathaniel J.
• Assisted by: Nathaniel J. Pallone (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.01.2004
• EAN: 9780789022783
• ISBN: 978-0-7890-2278-3
• No. of pages: 254
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Lifestyle, personal development; Non-fiction book; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues, Coping with drug & alcohol abuse, SELF-HELP / Substance Abuse & Addictions / Drugs, SELF-HELP / Substance Abuse & Addictions / Alcohol, Self-help & personal development, Drug & substance abuse: social aspects, Self-help, personal development and practical advice, Drugs and alcohol: social aspects, Coping with / advice about drug and alcohol problems