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Program retention and perceived coercion in three models of mandatory drug treatment
(Maintien en traitement et perception de la contrainte dans trois modèles d'obligations de soin)
Auteur(s) :
YOUNG, D. ;
BELENKO, S.
Année :
2002
Page(s) :
297-328
Langue(s) :
Anglais
ISBN :
0022-0426
Refs biblio. :
55
Domaine :
Plusieurs produits / Several products
Thésaurus mots-clés
OBLIGATION DE SOINS
;
RETENTION
;
PROGRAMME
;
COMPARAISON
;
MODELE
Thésaurus géographique
ETATS-UNIS
Note générale :
Journal of Drug Issues, 2002, 32, 297-328
Note de contenu :
tabl. ; graph.
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
Despite the proliferation of drug courts and other mandatory treatment models, few studies have compared the impact of different program features comprising these models. This study compared three groups of clients (N = 330) mandated to the same long-term residential treatment facilities. Study participants were referred from two highly structured programs or from more conventional legal sources, such as probation or parole agents. Analyses showed that these clients varied substantially in their perceptions of legal pressure, and these perceptions generally corresponded to the programs'different coercive policies and practices. Retention analyses confirmed that the odds of staying in treatment for six months or more was nearly three times greater for clients in the most coercive program compared to clients in the third group. Results support the use of structured protocols for informing clients about legal contingencies of participation and how that participation will be monitored, and developing the capacity to enforce threatened consequences for failure. (Author's abstract.)
Affiliation :
Bureau of Governmental Research, Univ. Maryland, College Park
Etats-Unis. United States.
Etats-Unis. United States.