Drug Court Programs, Substance Abuse Counselors’ Treatment Philosophy, and the Content of Treatment Services Provided to Offenders
Author: Faye Taxman.; Jeffrey A. Bouffard.; Shamayne Smith.
Source: Volume 07, Number 02, July/August 2003 , pp.17-21(5)
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Abstract:
Given implementation barriers common for the delivery of substance abuse services to criminal justice offenders, programmatic attention should be focused on the use of evidence-based practices in the treatment and criminal justice systems. This study explores some of these issues through a multimodality survey of the beliefs and philosophies of counselors working with criminal justice clients, comparing the survey findings with direct observations of treatment sessions for these clients.Keywords: evidence-based practices; substance abuse
Affiliations:
1: University of Maryland; 2: North Dakota State University; 3: North Dakota State University.