The Outpatient Forensic Substance Abuse Profile

This study examines the reliability and validity of an instrument that is clinically useful for assessment of risk factors among chemically dependent populations in an outpatient forensic setting. It is reliable, both across time and internally, and demonstrates a high degree of user acceptance. The...

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Main Author: Gianciulli, James M. (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
Published: 1993
In: International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology
Year: 1993, Volume: 37, Issue: 3, Pages: 231-237
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Keywords:
Drogenabhängige
Ambulante Behandlung
Prognose
Drogenabhängige Straftäter
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Summary:This study examines the reliability and validity of an instrument that is clinically useful for assessment of risk factors among chemically dependent populations in an outpatient forensic setting. It is reliable, both across time and internally, and demonstrates a high degree of user acceptance. There is good agreement between client scores and independent assessment of the same characteristics. Continued examination of the measure's ability to differentiate between forensic populations and substance abuse populations is needed
ISSN:0306-624X