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Drug analysis

NIJ Journal Issue No. 281

Date Published
2019
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance), Program/Project Description, Instructional Material
Agencies
NIJ

Spreading the Word on Novel Drugs

Date Published
August 2019
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description, Issue Overview, Instructional Material
Agencies
NIJ

Changing the Behavior of Drug-Involved Offenders: Supervision That Works

December 2012

A small number of those who commit crimes are heavily involved in drugs commit a large portion of the crime in this country. An evaluation of a "smart supervision" effort in Hawaii that uses swift and certain sanctioning showed that individuals committing crimes who are heavily involved in drug use can indeed change their behavior when the supervision is properly implemented.