Risk, Need, and Responsivity: Unrealized Potential for the International Delivery of Substance Abuse Treatment in Prison

Drawing from a strong Canadian and U.S. base of literature and an emergent base of scholarship from the United Kingdom, this article examines the delivery of substance abuse treatment in prisons and the determinants of prisoner access to and use of services. To date, multidisciplinary research provi...

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Published in:International criminal justice review 2010-09, Vol.20 (3), p.280-301
Main Authors: Jolley, Jennifer M., Kerbs, John J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Access
Addiction
Alcoholism
Canada
Care and treatment
Clinical outcomes
Criminal justice
Cross-national analysis
Drug abuse
Evaluation
Interdisciplinary aspects
Medical treatment
Offenders
Organizational factors
Prisoner rehabilitation
Prisoners
Prisons
Recidivism
Relapse
Risk
Scholarship
Services
Substance abuse
Substance abuse treatment
Supply & demand
U.S.A
United Kingdom
United States
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Summary:Drawing from a strong Canadian and U.S. base of literature and an emergent base of scholarship from the United Kingdom, this article examines the delivery of substance abuse treatment in prisons and the determinants of prisoner access to and use of services. To date, multidisciplinary research provides evidence of supply-side programs driven by organizational factors that affect access and use; in contrast, there is a dearth of literature on demand-side programs driven by prisoners’ needs. Guiding this analysis is a model for service delivery that integrates supply- and demand-side factors into a framework that traces the pathway of prisoners through programs, beginning with assessment and ending with treatment outcomes. At the core of this analysis is an expanded discussion of how prisoners’ specific needs should inform service delivery for greater reductions in rates of relapse and recidivism. Conclusions examine the legal and socioeconomic policy implications of programs that fail to provide services according to offenders’ specific needs in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
ISSN:1057-5677
1556-3855
DOI:10.1177/1057567710373115