Format
Scientific article
Publication Date
Published by / Citation
Journal of Experimental Criminology June 2014, Volume 10, Issue 2, pp 151–177
Keywords
alcohol
illegal drugs
prison
therapeutic community
residential rehabilitation
psychosocial
treatment
counselling
crime
user views
satisfaction
severity
depression
violence
cocaine
cannabis
personality
hostility
risk-need-responsivity
randomised trial
matching
assessment

For Whom Does Prison-Based Drug Treatment Work? Results from a Randomized Experiment

For the first time in a prison setting, a randomised trial has rigorously compared intensive residential therapeutic community treatment to outpatient counselling. Confounding expectations, the US prison for problem drug users which hosted the study gained no recidivism dividend by allocating even high-risk prisoners to intensive treatment. Results of this unique trial may warrant a rethink of official US and UK guidance.

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