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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)
(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).
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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).
(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.
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