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Updated:
July 30, 2007

Special issue of Offender Substance Abuse Report, 1(4), 49-64. (July/August 2001: PDF; 168K / 16 pages) Includes article, "The TCU Model of Treatment Process and Outcomes in Correctional Settings." Subscription information is available on the last page of this issue as well as through the Civic Research Institute Web site: http://www.civicresearchinstitute.com/osa.html

Latest Research Summary, Correctional Treatment Newsletter, December 2002 (PDF; 248K / 4 pages)

Criminal Justice Drug Abuse Treatment Studies (CJ-DATS)

(PI: K. Knight , Co-PIs: D. Simpson and P. Flynn, NIDA, 2002-2008)

IBR has been chosen as one of seven new National Research Centers created to study current drug treatment practices and outcomes in correctional settings and to examine strategies for improving treatment services for drug-involved offenders. The Criminal Justice Drug Abuse Treatment Studies (CJ-DATS), a 6-year cooperative agreement project funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), will investigate key elements of prison-based treatment systems in the U.S. and make recommendations for policies to enhance outcomes and improve the overall efficiency of treatment service delivery.

Bureau of Prisons Project (BOP)

(PIs: K. Knight and D. Simpson, NIDA, 2000-2001)

Through a Cooperative Agreement between the Institute of Behavioral Research at Texas Christian University and the BOP's National Institute of Corrections, this project will evaluate an assessment instrument for identifying and monitoring the essential components of the therapeutic treatment process that link with favorable during- and post-treatment outcomes.

Texas Christian University Drug Screen Evaluation

(PIs: K. Knight and D. Dwayne Simpson, NIJ, 1999-2000)

Not only must correctional agencies decide who should have access to limited treatment services, but they also need to determine the most appropriate type and intensity of treatment in which a drug-involved offender should be placed. For large correctional agencies, improved drug abuse screening and treatment referral protocols are essential. To this end, the National Institute of Justice has funded the IBR to evaluate the psychometric properties and validity of the Texas Christian University Drug Screen (TCUDS) as it is currently being used within the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT)

(PI: K. Knight, NIJ, 1998-2001)

The IBR has established an evaluation program for one of the first SATFs in Texas, the Dallas County Judicial Treatment Center (DCJTC). The DCJTC is an intermediate sanctions facility located in Wilmer (on the southern edge of Dallas).

Prison-Based Treatment Assessment
(PTA) and Outcome Evaluation

(PIs: D. Simpson and K. Knight, TCADA/NIJ, 1994-1998)

As part of the landmark legislation signed into law in 1991, the "Texas Criminal Justice Treatment Initiatives" have established 800 In-Prison Therapeutic Community (ITC) treatment beds and another 5,000 beds for probationers with substance abuse problems. Because scientific assessment and evaluation of the ITC is vital, the Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse (TCADA) contracted with TCU to carry out the Prison-Based Treatment Assessment (PTA) Project.

Criminal Justice Drug Abuse Treatment Studies (CJ-DATS)

Bureau of Prisons Project (BOP)

Texas Christian University Drug Screen Evaluation

Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT)

Prison-Based Treatment Assessment (PTA) and Outcome Evaluation

Prison-Based Treatment Assessment
(PTA) and Outcome Evaluation