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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785948903321

Autore

Hamilton Zachary K. <1979->

Titolo

Treatment matching for substance-abusing offenders [[electronic resource] /] / Zachary K. Hamilton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

El Paso [Tex.], : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2011

ISBN

1-59332-680-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (327 p.)

Collana

Criminal justice: recent scholarship

Disciplina

365/.66729

Soggetti

Prisoners - Substance use - United States - Prevention

Substance abuse - Treatment - United States

Criminals - Rehabilitation - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 2: SUBSTANCE ABUSERS AND TREATMENT IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM; CHAPTER 3: RESPONSIVITY, MATCHING ANDEVALUATION; CHAPTER 4: CONSTRUCTING AN ASSESSMENT OF RESPONSIVITY; CHAPTER 5: MATCHING PARAMETERS; CHAPTER 6: MODEL GENERATION AND POST-HOC COMPARISONS; CHAPTER 7: HALFWAY HOUSE COMPARISONS; CHAPTER 8: PROPOSED MATCHING STRATEGY; CHAPTER 9: A DISCUSSION OF MATCHINGAND RESPONSIVITY; CHAPTER 10: UTILITY OF FINDINGS ANDMETHOD OF ASSESSMENT; APPENDIX 1: THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONSFOR THE FOUR-CLASS SOLUTION

APPENDIX 2: DRUG AND ALCOHOL PROGRAMTREATMENT INVENTORY (DAPTI)APPENDIX 3: POLICY AND SERVICESCHARACTERISTICS INVENTORY (PASCI); APPENDIX 4: LOGISTIC REGRESSION MODELS; REFERENCES; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Hamilton focuses on a population of offenders released from prison to halfway houses. Based on assessments administered prior to admission, intervention groups were established using Latent Class Analysis, which identified several classes or "types" of substance abusing offenders. The resulting classification was utilized to assess responsivity among four program orientations: 12-Step, Cognitive-Behavioral, Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Communities. A matching



strategy was then created from class-program interactions. This study is first to examine typology construction as a method for improv