The Effectiveness of Substance Abuse Treatment with Young Offenders

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Table of Contents

• Executive Summary
• 1. Introduction
  • 1.1 Background
• 2. Antecedents and Consequences of Substance Abuse
  • 2.1 Moderating variables
• 3. Substance Abuse Treatment for Youthful Offenders: What Works!
  • 3.1 Pre-treatment variables
    • 3.1.1 Age
    • 3.1.2 Gender
    • 3.1.3 Race/Ethnicity
    • 3.1.4 Age of onset
    • 3.1.5 Psychopathology
    • 3.1.6 Risk
    • 3.1.7 Additional client characteristics
  • 3.2 In-treatment variables
    • 3.2.1 Program setting
    • 3.2.2 Program length
    • 3.2.3 Program targets
    • 3.2.4 Relapse prevention
    • 3.2.5 Client-treatment matching
    • 3.2.6 Style and mode of program delivery
    • 3.2.7 Organizational variables
  • 3.3 Post-treatment factors
    • 3.3.1 Aftercare
    • 3.3.2 Protective factors
  • 3.4 Additional considerations
    • 3.4.1 Dropout rates
    • 3.4.2 Involved evaluator
    • 3.4.3 HIV/AIDS
    • 3.4.4 Alcoholics Anonymous
• 4. Defining Treatment Success
• 5. Directions for Future Research
• 6. Conclusion
  • 6.1 Checklist for delivering effective substance abuse treatment to young offenders
    • 6.1.1 Client characteristics
    • 6.1.2 Program development
    • 6.1.3 Program Integrity
    • 6.1.4 Program evaluation
• References

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