Correctional Treatment: Strategies for Success 2004

Group: Criminal Justice Council

URL: http://cjc.delaware.gov/sac/Historical/Corrections/correctional-treatment.pdf

Description

This report is designed to augment the Delaware Sentencing Research and Evaluation Committee’s 2002 report, Sentencing Trends and Correctional Treatment in Delaware, by further exploring issues related to treatment for adult offenders and its impact on the justice system. It provides a summary description of current treatment programs for correctional populations; an overview of major issues and trends related to providing correctional treatment in Delaware; an analysis of Delaware’s system of providing treatment services to offenders as compared to research-based standards and practices; an analysis of treatment placement issues from a sample of offenders court-ordered to treatment; results of a survey of the judiciary regarding sentencing practices for adult substance-involved offenders; and recommendations for system improvement.

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corrections, treatment programs, trends, offenders

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