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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: 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.
(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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