Abstract
ABSTRACT This paper examines theoretical and methodological issues in the evaluation of prison drug treatment programs. Background issues of rising prison populations, increased drug-using populations and history of prior programming are described. Theoretical concents include the specification of the drug-crime nexus, the basis for clinical models and elements of the therapeutic community. Methodological issues entail the goals of program evaluation, data sources, problems with retrospective data sampling and outcome measures. Examples from three existing programs, Stay-N-Out in New York, TRIAD within the Fedreal Bureau of Prisons and Righturn in California, illustrate these considerations. The paper concludes in suggesting that theory and method must converge in order to measure the success of prison drug programs.
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