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Schiraldi, Vincent; Holman, Barry; Beatty, Phillip – 2000
Using data from the National Corrections Reporting Program, this study examined trends in imprisoning drug offenders in the United States, focusing on the numbers of incarcerated drug offenders and the relationship between incarceration for drug use and rates of drug use. Overall, the increase in drug admissions to prison from 1986 to 1996 is…
Descriptors: Correctional Institutions, Correctional Rehabilitation, Costs, Drug Rehabilitation