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"Quitting Hard Habits: Efforts to Expand and Improve Alternatives to Incarceration for Drug-Involved Offenders" PDF Print

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.

To watch a webcast of the hearing, click here

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

Prepared testimony of Mr. James Burch

Prepared testimony of Mr. Benjamin Tucker

Prepared testimony of Ms. Angela Hawken

Prepared testimony of Mr. John Roman

Prepared testimony of Mr. Douglas Marlowe

Prepared testimony of Mr. Daniel Abrahamson

Prepared testimony of Ms. Melody Heaps

Prepared testimony of Mr. Harold Pollack

 

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