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Gordon, Michael S.; Kinlock, Timothy W.; Couvillion, Kathryn A.; Schwartz, Robert P.; O'Grady, Kevin – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 2012
The present report is an intent-to-treat analysis involving secondary data drawn from the first randomized clinical trial of prison-initiated methadone in the United States. This study examined predictors of treatment entry and completion in prison. A sample of 211 adult male prerelease inmates with preincarceration heroin dependence were randomly…
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Institutionalized Persons, Individual Characteristics, Narcotics
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Kinlock, Timothy W.; Gordon, Michael S.; Schwartz, Robert P.; Fitzgerald, Terrence T. – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 2010
Research suggests that buprenorphine treatment may be a promising intervention for incarcerated individuals with heroin addiction histories. However, its implementation varies from corrections-based methadone because of unique challenges regarding dosing, administration, and regulation. Describing the first randomized clinical trial of…
Descriptors: Correctional Institutions, Narcotics, Intervention, Institutionalized Persons
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Kinlock, Timothy W.; Sears, Emily A.; O'Grady, Kevin E.; Callaman, Jason M.; Brown, Barry S. – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 2009
This study examined whether Motivational Interviewing (MI), found effective with voluntary entrants to drug treatment, would improve intrinsic motivation and treatment retention among drug court probationers. Probationers were randomly assigned to receive either a two-session MI intervention or a two-session Drug Education (DE) intervention…
Descriptors: Intervention, Drug Education, Outcomes of Treatment, Motivation Techniques