"To Improved Offender Outcomes:
Developing Responsive Systems for Substance-Abusing Offenders."
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Recidivism Reduction Should Be the Goal of Treatment Services.
- Treatment and Criminal Justice System Features Must Be Policy-Driven.
- Treatment and Criminal Justice Must Function as a Team.
- Use Drug Testing to Manage Offenders.
- Target Offenders for Treatment Where Treatment Can Work.
- Use Treatment-Matching Practices.
- Get Results By Extending the Length of Time in Treatment.
- Allow Behavioral Contracts to Bind the Offender, the Treatment System and the Criminal Justice System.
- Designate Special Agents for Supervising Offenders in Treatment Programs.
- Sanction Noncompliant Behavior.
- Reward Positive Behavior.
- Focus on Quality, Not Quantity.