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Schumacher, Joseph E.; Milby, Jesse B.; Wallace, Dennis; Meehan, Dawna-Cricket; Kertesz, Stefan; Vuchinich, Rudy; Dunning, Jonathan; Usdan, Stuart – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2007
Four successive randomized clinical trials studying contingency management (CM), involving various treatment arms of drug-abstinent housing and work therapy and day treatment (DT) with a behavioral component, were compared on common drug abstinence outcomes at 2 treatment completion points (2 and 6 months). The clinical trials were conducted from…
Descriptors: Incidence, Homeless People, Contingency Management, Cocaine
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Anderson, James F.; Carson, Gary; Dyson, Laronistine – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 1997
Examines shock incarceration (short-term, boot-camp programs) to determine whether a self-reported history of drug use, supported by official data, is related to completion or failure in the program. Analysis of selected inmates (N=100) found no significant correlation between drug use and boot camp completion or failure. (RJM)
Descriptors: Correctional Rehabilitation, Drug Abuse, Drug Addiction, Drug Rehabilitation
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White, Michael D.; Hallett, Michael – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 2005
Results from the national evaluation of the Breaking the Cycle program indicated that the participants in the program re-offended less frequently than comparison group defendants in Birmingham, Alabama, and Tacoma, Washington, but not in Jacksonville, Florida. This paper seeks to re-examine the same BTC program in Jacksonville, using different…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Treatment, Risk, Recidivism, Program Evaluation