Treatment Readiness Among Criminal Justice Clients Mandated to Drug Treatment
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Title
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Treatment Readiness Among Criminal Justice Clients Mandated to Drug Treatment
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Identifier
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d_2009_2013:3ca908bf259c:10875
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identifier
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11212
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Creator
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Fowler, Valrie,
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Contributor
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Darrell P. Wheeler
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Date
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2011
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Social work | Criminology | Alternative to Incarceration | Criminal Justice | Drug Abuse | Mandated Drug Treatment
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Abstract
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Alternative-to-Incarceration (ATI) programs serve not only an economical measure to reduce the costs associated with incarcerating drug-abusing offenders but also to disrupt the cycle of drug use and prison with judicial monitoring and treatment. There is extensive research on motivation for drug treatment among criminal justice clients and the relationship to treatment outcomes. However, research examining treatment readiness among criminal justice clients entering drug treatment is limited.;This research assessed treatment readiness among drug abusers mandated to drug treatment using the Circumstance, Motivation, and Readiness for Substance Abuse Treatment (CMR Factor Scales Intake Version). Treatment readiness and its relationship to client factors such as client type, criminal justice referral type, drug treatment history, and criminal justice history were studied. The research included 139 participants in a drug-free residential treatment program. Multi regression was used to analyze the data from all participants. The research findings were mixed regarding treatment readiness and its relationship to client factors among mandated clients. These findings are examined in the context of this research, and implications for the social work and future policies are discussed.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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2009_2013.csv
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degree
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Ph.D.
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Program
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Social Welfare
