"Quitting Hard Habits: Efforts to Expand and Improve Alternatives to Incarceration for Drug-Involved Offenders" |
On Thursday, July 22, 2010, the Domestic Policy Subcommittee will hold a hearing entitled, "Quitting Hard Habits: Efforts to Expand and Improve Alternatives to Incarceration for Drug-Involved Offenders." The hearing will focus on front-end alternatives to incarceration for drug-involved offenders and abusers of illegal drugs. It will examine the extent to which and why (or why not) these efforts have been effective in reducing the levels of associated harms of incarceration, reducing recidivism, effectively treating drug abuse, and improving other social outcomes and which approaches (or mix of approaches) are best suited to accomplishing these goals. The hearing will take place at 2:00 p.m. in room 2154 Rayburn House Office Building. The witnesses scheduled to testify include:
Panel I Mr. James H. Burch, II Acting Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance Office of Justice Programs U.S. Department of Justice Mr. Benjamin B. Tucker Deputy Director for State, Local, and Tribal Affairs Office of National Drug Control Policy Panel II Ms. Angela Hawken, Ph.D. Associate Professor Pepperdine University School of Public Policy Mr. John Roman, Ph.D. Senior Research Associate Justice Policy Center, Urban Institute Mr. Douglas B. Marlowe, Ph.D. Chief of Science, Law and Policy National Association of Drug Court Professionals Mr. Daniel N. Abrahamson Director of Legal Affairs Drug Policy Alliance Ms. Melody M. Heaps President Emeritus Treatment Alternatives for Safe Communities (TASC) Mr. Harold A. Pollack, Ph.D. Professor University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration Documents and Links Opening Statement of Subcommittee Chairman Dennis Kucinich |
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