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Updated:
February 9, 2009

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)

Sustainable HIV Risk Reduction Strategies for CJ Systems (CJ-HIV)

(PI: D. Simpson, Co-PIs: K. Knight and P. Flynn, NIDA, 2008-2013)

This 5-year project was funded by NIDA in 2008 and includes 2 major research phases intended to reduce HIV and other addiction-related disease risks in criminal justice (CJ) populations. The first phase is a Disease Risk Reduction (DRR) intervention effectiveness study, and the second addresses its implementation in CJ field settings. A manual-guided DRR planning and decision-making strategy will be based on cognitive tools that focus on an evidence-based, visual-spatial (rather than traditional didactic) communication approach. In the second phase of the project, the process of intervention implementation will be examined in an expanded network of CJ systems in Texas as well as 3 adjoining states (Arizona, New Mexico, and Oklahoma).

Criminal Justice Drug Abuse Treatment Studies (CJ-DATS)

(PI: K. Knight , Co-PIs: D. Simpson and P. Flynn, NIDA, 2002-2013)

The IBR was selected in 2008 to continue its participation as a CJ-DATS Research Center in Phase 2 of the national multisite collaboration with NIDA. It focuses on evidence-based assessments and interventions for offenders with drug-related problems. Special attention is given to implementation and sustainability of innovations.

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.