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McKay, James R.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1995
To examine differences in substance use and psychosocial outcomes under experimental and nonexperimental designs, compared alcoholic patients randomly assigned to day hospital or inpatient rehabilitation with patients who self-selected these treatment settings. Self-selecting patients experienced outcomes no better than those who were randomly…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Alcoholism, Comparative Analysis, Day Programs
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Daley, Marilyn; Love, Craig T.; Shepard, Donald S.; Petersen, Cheryl B.; White, Karen L.; Hall, Frank B. – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 2004
Over the past two decades, the criminal justice population in the US has grown by over 200%, most of this due to an increase in drug-involved offenders. Although there is good evidence that prison-based substance abuse treatment programs can be effective in reducing rearrest, few cost-effectiveness studies have been conducted. Using data from the…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Correctional Institutions, Program Effectiveness, Drug Education