Criminal justice outcomes after engagement in outpatient substance abuse treatment

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• 作者：Deborah W. Garnick ; Constance M. Horgan ; Andrea Acevedo ; Margaret T. Lee ; Lee Panas ; Grant A. Ritter ; Robert Dunigan ; Alfred Bidorini ; Kevin Campbell ; Karin Haberlin ; Alice Huber ; Dawn Lambert-Wacey ; Tracy Leeper ; Mark Reynolds ; David Wright
• 关键词：Performance measure ; Engagement ; Substance abuse ; Arrest ; Criminal justice ; Outcomes
• 刊名：Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
• 出版年：March, 2014
• 年：2014
• 卷：46
• 期：3
• 页码：295-305
• 全文大小：365 K

文摘

The relationship between engagement in outpatient treatment facilities in the public sector and subsequent arrest is examined for clients in Connecticut, New York, Oklahoma and Washington. Engagement is defined as receiving another treatment service within 14 days of beginning a new episode of specialty treatment and at least two additional services within the next 30 days. Data are from 2008 and survival analysis modeling is used. Survival analyses express the effects of model covariates in terms of 鈥渉azard ratios,鈥?which reflect a change in the likelihood of outcome because of the covariate. Engaged clients had a significantly lower hazard of any arrest than non-engaged in all four states. In NY and OK, engaged clients also had a lower hazard of arrest for substance-related crimes. In CT, NY, and OK engaged clients had a lower hazard of arrest for violent crime. Clients in facilities with higher engagement rates had a lower hazard of any arrest in NY and OK. Engaging clients in outpatient treatment is a promising approach to decrease their subsequent criminal justice involvement.