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What's New

• Drugs and Crime Facts (BJS) (September 2004) This section of the BJS website has been updated with information from 13 statistical publications issued since the last update in July. This site summarizes U.S. statistical about drug-related crimes, law enforcement, courts, and corrections from BJS and non-BJS sources.

• Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners: Implementation Lessons Learned (NIJ) (May 2003) (Text or PDF)
  The Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT) for State Prisoners Formula Grant Program encourages States to develop substance abuse treatment programs for incarcerated offenders. This NIJ Special Report summarizes the results of a National Evaluation of RSAT and process evaluations of 12 local sites across the country. Findings include that RSAT has been responsible for substantial increases in the number of residential and nonresidential treatment slots available for offenders with substance abuse problems and the number of staff trained to work in substance abuse treatment programs.
• Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners: Breaking the Drug-Crime Cycle Among Parole Violators (NIJ) (May 2003) (Text or PDF) This Research for Practice examines the Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT) program at the South Idaho Correctional Institution. The program targets parole-violating inmates with substance abuse problems in an effort to reduce recidivism. Researchers conducted a 15-month evaluation of the program's process to identify strengths and weaknesses. Their findings may be instructional for other correctional facilities grappling with similar problems.
• 2000 Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring: Annual Report (NIJ) (April 2003)
  (Text or PDF) This NIJ report presents data on drug use among arrestees in Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring (ADAM) program sites across the United States and explores variations by site and region. It focuses on five drugs: cocaine, marijuana, methamphetamine, opiates, and PCP. Summary tables are included for each site, as are tables that show risk for drug and alcohol dependence, admissions to treatment, and drug market participation. The report also explains how data were obtained as a result of the redesigned ADAM program. ADAM was changed to become more scientifically rigorous (e.g., probability-based sampling, enhanced questionnaire, and standardized data collection procedures) and to generate more information.

• Supporting the Drug Court Process: What You Need to Know for Effective Decisionmaking and Program Evaluation (BJA) (February 2003) Helps those who are planning, implementing, or operating a drug court to understand the critical importance of the availability of a wide range of timely, accurate, and complete information about the drug court process.

• Public Domain Drug Court Software: Functions and Utility (BJA) (February 2003) Presents a largely nontechnical description of four public domain drug court management information systems and surveys a range of information useful for supporting drug court activities.

• Drug Court Monitoring, Evaluation, and Management Information Systems: National Needs Assessment (BJA) (2003) Provides the results of a survey distributed in mid-1999 to all Drug Courts Program Office-funded operational adult drug courts. Quantifies and assesses the courts' needs for information technology and evaluation training and technical assistance and development.