RT Article
T1 Twisting arms or a helping hand?: assessing the impact of 'coerced' and comparable 'voluntary' drug treatment options
JF The British journal of criminology
VO 47
IS 3
SP 470
OP 490
A2 McSweeney, Tim
A2 Stevens, Alex
A2 Hunt, Neil
A2 Turnbull, Paul J.
LA English
YR 2007
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/163913896X
AB Despite the rapid expansion of options to coerce drug-dependent offenders into treatment - culminating recently in the provisions of the 2005 Drugs Act and the government's Tough Choices' agenda - research findings to date are equivocal about their impact in reducing crime. This paper presents UK findings from a pan-European study on this issue. The results - at both national and international levels - reveal that court-mandated clients reported significant and sustained reductions in illicit drug use and offending behaviours, and improvements in other areas of social functioning. Those entering the same treatment services through non-criminal justice routes also reported similar reductions and improvements. The implications of these findings are discussed in the context of recent policy developments
K1 Drogentherapie
K1 Drogentäter
K1 Zwang
K1 Freiwilligkeit
K1 Auswirkungen
K1 Rückfälligkeit