The DASIS Report:
Substance Abuse Treatment Admissions Referred by the Criminal Justice System
Highlights:
- Specific
criminal justice venues and programs referring clients to substance abuse treatment
include State and Federal courts, other courts, probation programs, other recognized
legal entities (e.g., local law enforcement, corrections, or youth agencies),
diversionary programs (e.g., Treatment Accountability for Safer Communities [TASC]),
prisons, and "driving under the influence/driving while intoxicated (DUI/DWI)
programs.
Probation/parole
programs referrrals were the most common type of criminal justice system referral
(47%). Compared with the substance abuse treatment admissions referred by other
sources, those referred by the criminal justice system were younger, less likely
to report prior substance abuse treatment, and more likely to be employed.
Reports on the Criminal
Justice System and Substance Abuse Reports
on Substance Abuse Treatment Other Topics
Other OAS Publications and Services This
Short Report, The DASIS Report:
Substance Abuse Treatment Admissions Referred by the Criminal Justice System
, is based on the Drug and Alcohol Services Information
System (DASIS), the primary source of national data on substance abuse
treatment. DASIS is conducted by the Office of
Applied Studies (OAS) in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration (SAMHSA). For PDF formats, click
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