Drug dependence
Influence of Labor Market and Educational Experiences on Drug Use and Violence Among Inner City Puerto Rican Adolescents (Summary)
Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring (ADAM) Program: Annualized Site Reports 2000
How Drugs Affect Decisions by Burglars
Therapeutic Communities in Prisons and Work Release: Effective Modalities for Drug-Involved Offenders
La Influencia del Mercado de Trabajo y las Experiencias Educativas en el Consumo de Drogas entre los Adolescentes Puertorriquenos de Areas Urbanas Marginales
Cocaine Alternative Treatment Study: A Multi-site, Randomized Controlled Trial of Acupuncture for the Treatment of Cocaine Addiction
Identifying Treatment Needs of Drug-Involved Offenders: Drug Use Forecasting and the Weed and Seed Initiative
Alternative Sentencing Policies for Drug Offenders - Panel at the 2009 NIJ Conference
Changing the Behavior of Drug-Involved Offenders: Supervision That Works
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.
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Addiction, the Brain, and Evidence-Based Treatment
The criminal justice system encounters and supervises a large number of drug abusing persons. Punishment alone is a futile and ineffective response to the problem of drug abuse. Addiction is a chronic brain disease with a strong genetic component that in most instances requires treatment. Involvement in the criminal justice system provides a unique opportunity to treat drug abuse disorders and related health conditions, thereby improving public health and safety.
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Alternative Sentencing Policies for Drug Offenders
The panel presentations from the 2009 NIJ Conference are based on an NIJ-sponsored evaluation of the effectiveness of Kansas Senate Bill 123, which mandates community-based drug abuse treatment for drug possession by nonviolent offenders in lieu of prison.